The role of the glomerular endothelium in albumin handling

Nature Reviews Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 717-725

  Satchell, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANGIOTENSIN II; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; HYALURONIDASE; SERUM ALBUMIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN C;

ALBUMINURIA; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SURFACE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLOMERULAR ENDOTHELIUM; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLYCOCALYX; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULE; MICROALBUMINURIA; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; WATER PERMEABILITY;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GLYCOCALYX; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; PODOCYTES;

EID: 84888875014     PISSN: 17595061     EISSN: 1759507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneph.2013.197     Document Type: Review

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