ID | 30431 |
JaLCDOI | |
FullText URL | |
Author |
Yamasaki, Yasushi
Makino, Hirofumi
Hironaka, Kazue
Hayashi, Yoshikazu
Ota, Zensuke
|
Abstract | We demonstrated the ultrastructure of rat glomerular basement membrane (GBM) by ultra-high resolution scanning electron microscopy. GBM prepared by sonication methods and conductive-staining could be observed without metal coating at magnifications as high as 400,000 times. The GBM showed an irregular meshwork structure composed of various strands and pores. The width of the strands ranged from 6 to 15 nm, and the diameter of pores ranged from 6 to 50 nm. The present study confirmed our molecular sieve theory of the basement membrane. |
Keywords | glomerular basement membrance
ultrastructure
ultra-high resolution scanning electron microscopy
conductive staining
|
Amo Type | Article
|
Publication Title |
Acta Medica Okayama
|
Published Date | 1990-12
|
Volume | volume44
|
Issue | issue6
|
Publisher | Okayama University Medical School
|
Start Page | 333
|
End Page | 335
|
ISSN | 0386-300X
|
NCID | AA00508441
|
Content Type |
Journal Article
|
language |
English
|
File Version | publisher
|
Refereed |
True
|
PubMed ID | |
Web of Science KeyUT |