Clinical impact of research on the podocyte slit diaphragm

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 271-282

  Johnstone, Duncan B ^a   Holzman, Lawrence B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Glomerular disease; Nephrin; Podocin; Proteinuria; Slit diaphragm

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NEPHRIN; PODOCIN; STEROID;

CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW;

GENE EXPRESSION; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PODOCYTES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33646400903     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0180     Document Type: Review

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