The enigmatic parietal epithelial cell is finally getting noticed: A review

Kidney International

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1225-1238

  Ohse, Takamoto ^a   Pippin, Jeffrey W ^a   Chang, Alice M ^a   Krofft, Ronald D ^a   Miner, Jeffrey H ^b   Vaughan, Michael R ^a   Shankland, Stuart J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Albuminuria; Glomerulus; Parietal epithelial cells; Podocytes

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CADHERIN; CERULOPLASMIN; CLAUDIN; CRIM1 PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; DESMOSINE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEPHRIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR D; PODOCALYXIN; PODOCIN; PROTEIN KINASE C BETA; PROTEINASE; SYNAPTOPODIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VIMENTIN; VITAMIN D; WT1 PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE COMPLEX NEPHRITIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY CELL; MESENCHYME CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERMEABILITY; PODOCYTES; PROTEINS;

EID: 71149093700     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.386     Document Type: Review

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