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Nephrotic plasma alters slit diaphragm-dependent signaling and translocates nephrin, Podocin, and CD2 associated protein in cultured human podocytes.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Mar 2005
Coward Richard J M, Foster Rebecca R, Patton David, Ni Lan, Lennon Rachel, Bates David O, Harper Steven J, Mathieson Peter W, Saleem Moin A
Abstract excerpt
Podocytes are critical in maintaining the filtration barrier of the glomerulus and are dependent on the slit diaphragm (SD) proteins nephrin, podocin, and CD2-associated protein (CD2AP) to function optimally. The effects of normal human plasma and nephrotic plasma on podocytes were tested, focusing particularly on the SD complex. With the use of a conditionally immortalized human podocyte cell line, it first was...
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