Podocytes: Recent biomolecular developments

Biomolecular Concepts

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 319-330

  Armelloni, Silvia ^a   Corbelli, Alessandro ^a,b   Giardino, Laura ^a   Li, Min ^a   Ikehata, Masami ^a   Mattinzoli, Deborah ^a   Messa, Piergiorgio ^a   Pignatari, Chiara ^a   Watanabe, Shojiro ^a   Rastaldi, Maria Pia ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; foot processes; nephrin; podocyte; proteinuria; slit diaphragm

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEPHRIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PODOCYTE; PROTEINURIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PODOCYTES; PROTEINURIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84928784396     PISSN: 18685021     EISSN: 1868503X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmc-2014-0020     Document Type: Review

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