[The role of podocytes in normal glomerular function and in the pathogenesis of glomerulonephritis. Part II. Phenotypic and functional changes of podocytes in glomerulonephritis].

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Recent results indicate that intrinsic glomerular cells (podocytes, mesangial and endothelial cells) are active participants in the inflammatory process in the glomerulus. Particular attention is drawn to podocyte injury in glomerulonephritis. Podocytes are end-differentiated cells which have lost their proliferation abilities and can only compensate by hypertrophy. The inability to proliferate is the cost which...

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