A thin membrane which helps to support the capillary loops in a renal glomerulus. It is connective tissue composed of mesangial cells - myofibroblasts phenotypically related to vascular smooth muscle cells (muscle, smooth, vascular), phagocytes and the mesangial extracellular matrix. [ MESH:A05.810.453.736.520.380 Wikipedia:Glomerular_mesangium ]
术语信息-
- MA:0002606
- MESH:A05.810.453.736.520.380
- GAID:430
- EMAPA:27961
- SCTID:244574009
- FMA:84140
- Wikipedia:Glomerular_mesangium
- EMAPA:28248
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A thin membrane which helps to support the capillary loops in a renal glomerulus. It is connective tissue composed of mesangial cells - myofibroblasts phenotypically related to vascular smooth muscle cells (muscle, smooth, vascular), phagocytes and the mesangial extracellular matrix.