renal cortex interstitium
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005270
A compartment of the renal cortex situated between basement membranes of epithelia and vessels that contains two contiguous cellular networks in mutual contact, one formed by interstitial fibroblasts, the other by dendritic cells. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18575881 ]
Synonyms: kidney cortex interstitium, renal cortical interstitial tissue
Term info
In the renal cortex, interstitial fibroblasts produce erythropoietin and are distinguished from other interstitial cells by their prominent F-actin cytoskeleton, abundance of rough endoplasmic reticulum, and by ecto-5'-nucleotidase expression in their plasma membrane. The resident dendritic cells belong to the mononuclear phagocyte system and fulfil a sentinel function. They are characterized by their expression of MHC class II and CD11c.
cortical stroma
uberon
UBERON:0005270
Term relations
- kidney interstitium
- protein-containing material entity
- part of some cortex of kidney
- part of some kidney interstitium
- has part some dendritic cell
- has part some fibroblast