Renal Macrophages and Multinucleated Giant Cells: Ferrymen of the River Styx?

Mayandi Sivaguru; Bruce W Fouke

doi:10.34067/KID.0003992022

Renal Macrophages and Multinucleated Giant Cells: Ferrymen of the River Styx?

Kidney360. 2022 Jul 22;3(9):1616-1619. doi: 10.34067/KID.0003992022. eCollection 2022 Sep 29.

Authors

Mayandi Sivaguru¹, Bruce W Fouke^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Cytometry and Microscopy to Omics Facility, Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.
² Biocomplexity Theme, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.
³ Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.
⁴ Department of Biomedical and Translational Sciences, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.
⁵ Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois.

No abstract available

Keywords: COD crystals; COM crystals; CaP crystals; basic science; crystal aggregation; endocytosis; macrophage migration; macrophages; multinucleated giant cells; nephrolithiasis; phagocytosis; stone formation.

MeSH terms

Calcium Oxalate
Giant Cells
Kidney
Macrophages*
Rivers*

Substances

Calcium Oxalate