title: Frequency of juxtaglomerular granulated cells in the mouse kidney.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules; D007606:Juxtaglomerular Apparatus / Q000166:cytology*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice