The glomerular endothelium: New insights on function and structure

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 258-263

  Haraldsson, Börje ^a   Nyström, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

angiopoietin; endothelial surface layer; endothelium; glomerulus; glycocalyx; permeability; podocyte; proteinuria; vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ANGIOPOIETIN; ANGIOPOIETIN 4; CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 43; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; EXENDIN 4; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; PROTEOGLYCAN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ALBUMINURIA; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ENDOTHELIAL SURFACE LAYER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLOMERULAR ENDOTHELIUM; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOCALYX; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEINURIA; RENAL PROTECTION; REVIEW;

ANGIOPOIETINS; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION BARRIER; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84859628352     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: 14736543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNH.0b013e3283522e7a     Document Type: Review

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