mesangial cell

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Introduction

A phagocytic cell in the capillary tuft of the renal glomerulus, interposed between epithelial cells & the basement membrane in the central or stalk region of the tuft.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995