The glomerular basement membrane as a barrier to albumin

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 470-477

  Suh, Jung Hee ^a   Miner, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DYSTROGLYCAN; ENTACTIN; HEPARAN SULFATE; INTEGRIN; LAMININ;

ALBUMINURIA; ALPORT SYNDROME; CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION BARRIER; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; EYE ABNORMALITIES; GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMANS; LAMININ; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTATION; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PUPIL DISORDERS;

EID: 84880925050     PISSN: 17595061     EISSN: 1759507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2013.109     Document Type: Review

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