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Podocytes are
cells in Bowman's
capsule in the
kidneys that wrap
around capillaries of the glomerulus.
Podocytes make up the
epithelial lining of Bowman's...
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These are
diffuse loss of
visceral epithelial cells' foot
processes (i.e.,
podocyte effacement), vacuolation, and
growth of
microvilli on the
visceral epithelial...
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histopathologic finding of
scarring (sclerosis) of
glomeruli and
damage to
renal podocytes. This
process damages the
filtration function of the kidney, resulting...
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glomerular ba****t membrane, and the
filtration slits between the
podocytes perform the
filtration function of the glomerulus,
separating the blood...
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endothelial cells of the
capillary wall, its ba****t membrane, and
between the
podocyte foot
processes of the
lining of the capsule. The
tubule has
adjacent peritubular...
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albumin and globulin. The part of the
podocyte in
contact with the
glomerular ba****t
membrane is
called a
podocyte foot
process or
pedicle (Fig. 3): there...
- brain. In the
kidneys specialised cells called podocytes extend processes that
terminate in
podocyte foot
processes that
cover capillaries in the nephron...
- layer,
composed of
modified simple squamous epithelium, is
lined by
podocytes,
podocyte foot
processes (pedicels), that wrap
around glomerular capillaries...
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fenestrated endothelial cells, the
glomerular ba****t membrane, and the
podocytes of
epithelial cells.
Nephrin is a
transmembrane protein that is a structural...
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podocyte within the
glomerulus of the kidney. This
circulating factor damages the
podocyte which changes its structure. The
podocytes are now...
