"Basement Membrane" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A darkly stained mat-like EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX (ECM) that separates cell layers, such as EPITHELIUM from ENDOTHELIUM or a layer of CONNECTIVE TISSUE. The ECM layer that supports an overlying EPITHELIUM or ENDOTHELIUM is called basal lamina. Basement membrane (BM) can be formed by the fusion of either two adjacent basal laminae or a basal lamina with an adjacent reticular lamina of connective tissue. BM, composed mainly of TYPE IV COLLAGEN; glycoprotein LAMININ; and PROTEOGLYCAN, provides barriers as well as channels between interacting cell layers.
| Descriptor ID |
D001485
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A10.272.220 A10.615.179
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| Concept/Terms |
Basement Membrane- Basement Membrane
- Basement Membranes
- Membrane, Basement
- Membranes, Basement
Basal Lamina- Basal Lamina
- Basal Laminas
- Lamina, Basal
- Laminas, Basal
- Basement Lamina
- Basement Laminas
- Lamina, Basement
- Laminas, Basement
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Basement Membrane" by people in Profiles.
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Leptin stimulates Xenopus lung development: evolution in a dish. Evol Dev. 2009 Mar-Apr; 11(2):219-24.
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Expression of water channel proteins (aquaporins) in the rat Eustachian tube and middle ear mucosa. Acta Otolaryngol. 2007 Jul; 127(7):687-92.
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Glomerular structure in the normal human kidney: differences between living and cadaver donors. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2003 Jul; 14(7):1901-3.
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Thin-glomerular-basement-membrane nephropathy: is it a benign cause of isolated hematuria? South Med J. 2002 Jul; 95(7):768-71.
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Proximal tubular basement membrane width in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Kidney Int. 1998 Mar; 53(3):754-61.
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Further observations of stage-specific effects seen after short-term hypophysectomy in the rat. Tissue Cell. 1991; 23(5):613-30.
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Quantitation of antigen in tissue by immunofluorescence image analysis. J Immunol Methods. 1989 Nov 13; 124(1):77-83.
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Immunofluorescence studies of renal basement membranes in dogs with spontaneous diabetes. Am J Vet Res. 1984 Jun; 45(6):1162-5.
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Quantitative glomerular morphology of the normal human kidney. Lab Invest. 1983 Jul; 49(1):82-6.
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Diabetic glomerulopathy in the uninephrectomized rat resists amelioration following islet transplantation. Diabetologia. 1982 Oct; 23(4):347-53.