Dynamic (re)organization of the podocyte actin cytoskeleton in the nephrotic syndrome

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 130-137

  Oh, Jun ^a,b   Reiser, Jochen ^c   Mundel, Peter ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dystroglycan; Foot process effacement; Glomerular basement membrane; Integrins; Podocytes; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT RECEPTOR; ALPHA ACTININ; ALPHA3 INTEGRIN; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA1 INTEGRIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DYSTROGLYCAN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPODIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA ANTIBODY;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG MECHANISM; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLOMERULUS EPITHELIUM; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MOUSE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEINURIA; RAT; REVIEW;

EID: 0842280714     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-003-1367-y     Document Type: Review

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