The slit diaphragm: A signaling platform to regulate podocyte function

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-216

  Huber, Tobias B ^a   Benzing, Thomas ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CD2AP; Nephrin; Nephrotic syndrome; Podocin; Podocyte; Slit diaphragm

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; NEPHRIN; PODOCIN; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN); PROTEIN KINASE FYN; PROTEIN P85; PROTEIN SERINE KINASE; PROTOCADHERIN; SLIT DIAPHRAGM PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE MUTATION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 18844411833     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mnh.0000165885.85803.a8     Document Type: Review

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