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Nck adaptor proteins link nephrin to the actin cytoskeleton of kidney podocytes.
Nature - 6 Apr 2006
Jones Nina, Blasutig Ivan M, Eremina Vera, Ruston Julie M, Bladt Friedhelm, Li Hongping, Huang Haiming, Larose Louise, Li Shawn S-C, Takano Tomoko, Quaggin Susan E, Pawson Tony
Abstract excerpt
The glomerular filtration barrier in the kidney is formed in part by a specialized intercellular junction known as the slit diaphragm, which connects adjacent actin-based foot processes of kidney epithelial cells (podocytes). Mutations affecting a number of slit diaphragm proteins, including nephrin (encoded by NPHS1), lead to renal disease owing to disruption of the filtration barrier and rearrangement of the...
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