[Excretion in rat urine of substances derived from the basal glomerular membrane]

We have prepared in rabbits antibodies against rat GBM, with GBM prepared from isolated glomeruli issued from rat renal cortex. It is shown with immunodiffusion technique the excretion of basement membrane-like fragments into the normal rat urine. This result confirms the earlier works studying the human and rabbit urines. The origin and the nature of this patterns, the signification of this presence into the mammalian urines are discussed.