Adrenomedullin (AM) has antiproliferative and proapoptotic effects on mesangial cells in culture, but the regulation of AM and its receptors in glomeruli with glomerulonephritis have not been clarified.
First Department of Internal Medicine, Miyazaki Medical College, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki-gun, Miyazaki, 889-1692 Japan.