Platelet contents stimulated the proliferation of cultured rabbit renal glomerular (probably mesangial) cells. Growth stimulatory effect of platelet factor was heat-stable at 56 degrees C for 30 min. These results suggest that platelets play an important role in glomerular lesions in glomerulonephritis.
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