Novel Microscopic Techniques for Podocyte Research

Together with endothelial cells and the glomerular basement membrane, podocytes form the size-specific filtration barrier of the glomerulus with their interdigitating foot processes. Since glomerulopathies are associated with so-called foot process effacement—a severe change of well-formed foot proc...

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Main Authors: Florian Siegerist, Karlhans Endlich, Nicole Endlich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2018.00379/full