mesangialadj.
/mɛsˈan(d)ʒ(ɪ)əl/, /mɛzˈan(d)ʒ(ɪ)əl/, U.S. /mɛsˈændʒiəl/ Anatomy.
Of, belonging to, or relating to the mesangium; spec. designating the specialized cells with supportive, phagocytic, and contractile properties that make up this region of the glomerulus or juxtaglomerular apparatus.
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atrabiliary1808
suprarenal1828
adrenal1868
glomerular1885
aglomerular1928
juxtaglomerular1935
mesangial1941
lacis1961
1941 Arch. Pathol. 32 46 Möllendorff's impression that where the mesangial tissue apposes the capillary basement membrane the two may be indistinguishable.
1951 H. W. Smith Kidney i. 5 In acute glomerulonephritis, both the capillary and mesangial cells suffer inflammatory changes.
1975 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 271 365 In this disease [sc. diabetes mellitus] thickening of the glomerular basement membrane is observed together with an increase in mesangial matrix.
1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) II. xviii. 82/1 Diffuse mesangial sclerosis or focal glomerular sclerosis may be found on renal biopsy of children with congenital nephrotic syndrome.
1998 New Scientist 21 Mar. 89/2 (advt.) The differential effects of the immunosuppressive agents on chemokine gene and protein expression in mesangial and tubular epithelial cells.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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