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Heymann Nephritis Antigenic Complex

"Heymann Nephritis Antigenic Complex" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

A complex of antigenic proteins obtained from the brush border of kidney tubules. It contains two principal components LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR-RELATED PROTEIN-2 and LDL-RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN. The name of this complex is derived from researcher, Dr. Walter Heymann, who developed an experimental model of membranous glomerulonephritis (GLOMERULONEPHRITIS) by injecting this antigenic complex into rats to induce an autoimmune response.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Heymann Nephritis Antigenic Complex" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Heymann Nephritis Antigenic Complex" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 9 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 1999
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