A complex of cells consisting of juxtaglomerular cells, extraglomerular mesangium lacis cells, the macula densa of the distal convoluted tubule, and granular epithelial peripolar cells. Juxtaglomerular cells are modified SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS found in the walls of afferent glomerular arterioles and sometimes the efferent arterioles. Extraglomerular mesangium lacis cells are located in the angle between the afferent and efferent glomerular arterioles. Granular epithelial peripolar cells are located at the angle of reflection of the parietal to visceral angle of the renal corpuscle.
    

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Existence of an endocrine gland in the media of the renal arterioles / N. Goormaghtigh.

Correlation between granulation of juxtaglomerular cells and extractable renin in rats with experimental hypertension / Louis Tobian, Jeanette Janecek and Alice Tomboulian.

Localization of renin in juxtaglomerular cells of rabbit and dog through the use of the fluorescent-antibody technique / by Robert Edelman and Phyllis M. Hartroft.

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Juxtaglomerular Apparatus

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Existence of an endocrine gland in the media of the renal arterioles / N. Goormaghtigh.

Correlation between granulation of juxtaglomerular cells and extractable renin in rats with experimental hypertension / Louis Tobian, Jeanette Janecek and Alice Tomboulian.

Localization of renin in juxtaglomerular cells of rabbit and dog through the use of the fluorescent-antibody technique / by Robert Edelman and Phyllis M. Hartroft.