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New structural insights into podocyte biology Cell Tissue Res. 2017 Mar 10. doi: 10.1007/s00441-017-2590-3. [Epub ahead of print]

Grahammer F

Abstract

The last 5 years have witnessed tremendous advances in both light- and electron-microscopic techniques in the biomedical sciences. Application of these new cutting-edge methods to glomerular biology has advanced considerably and, in part, completed our endeavor to draw a detailed map of the glomerular tuft. The scope of this review is to illustrate these new insights within both the morphometry of podocyte cells and the architecture of the glomerular filtration barrier and to assess whether these findings have indeed had an impact on our biological understanding of glomerular function. KEYWORDS: Glomerular basement membrane; Glomerulum; Podocyte; Renal filtration; Slit diaphragm

PMID 28283912 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-017-2590-3

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