How many ways can a podocyte die?
Podocytes are highly specialized epithelial cells that line the urinary surface of the glomerular capillary tuft. To maintain kidney filtration, podocytes oppose the high intraglomerular hydrostatic pressure, form a molecular sieve, secrete soluble factors to regulate other glomerular cell types, an...
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Published in | Seminars in nephrology Vol. 32; no. 4; p. 394 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
01.07.2012
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