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- Podocin is a protein component of the filtration slits of podocytes. Glomerular capillary endothelial cells, the glomerular ba****t membrane and the...
- correct function of the slit diaphragm include nephrin, NEPH1, NEPH2, podocin, CD2AP. and FAT1. Small molecules such as water, glucose, and ionic salts...
- formation during development and repair in pathology affecting podocytes. Podocin may interact with nephrin to guide it onto lipid rafts in podocytes, requiring...
- spanned by slit diaphragms consisting of a mat of proteins, including podocin and nephrin. In addition, foot processes have a negatively charged coat...
- contributes to the filtration barrier; NPHS2, which encodes the protein podocin found in podocytes; and INF2, which encodes the actin-binding protein formin...
- proteins are expressed in the different compartments of the kidney with podocin and nephrin expressed in glomeruli, Solute carrier family protein SLC22A8...
- Podocin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NPHS2 gene. NPHS2 has been shown to interact with Nephrin and CD2AP. Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis...
- accounting for 40-80% of cases. NPHS2: This gene encodes for the protein podocin. Patients with this genetic mutation develop nephrotic syndrome in the...
- cytoplasmic domains of these proteins interact with the C terminus of podocin (NPHS2; MIM 604766). NEPH1 is expressed in filtration slits of kidney podocytes...
- Saleem MA, Faul C, Kriz W, Shaw AS, Holzman LB, Mundel P (Dec 2001). "Podocin, a raft-****ociated component of the glomerular slit diaphragm, interacts...