Curved striated and round bodies in glomerulopathies of children; an ultrastructural study.
Extracellular curved striated bodies and round bodies were found in 62 and 41 per cent, respectively of 360 renal biopsies performed in children with a variety of nephropathies. They were observed in the basal lamina and mesangial matrix. The fact that they commonly occurred together appears to suggest a common aetiology and they are probably derived from altered protein of the basal lamina and mesangial matrix, or from proteins of immune deposits.
D000293:Adolescent; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D007181:Inclusion Bodies, Viral / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron