Frequency of juxtaglomerular granulated cells in the mouse kidney.
Studies of 23 untreated adult mouse kidneys revealed that in mouse kidney sections the frequency of juxtaglomerular granulated cells as compared to the glomeruli is 38.5 +/- 1.79%, the value for the JGI, 71.8 +/- 3.93. Following 100 glomeruli through complete serial sections prepared from a single mouse kidney, it was shown that in the cortex of the mouse kidney all juxtaglomerular apparatus related to the glomeruli contain renin-producing modified smooth muscle cells with granulated cytoplasm.
D000818:Animals; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules; D007606:Juxtaglomerular Apparatus / Q000166:cytology*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice