Role of the polarity protein Scribble for podocyte differentiation and maintenance.

Role of the polarity protein Scribble for podocyte differentiation and maintenance.

The kidney filter represents a unique assembly of podocyte epithelial cells that tightly enwrap the glomerular capillaries with their complex foot process network. While deficiency of the polarity proteins Crumbs and aPKC result in impaired podocyte foot process architecture, the function of basolat...

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Main Authors: Björn Hartleben, Eugen Widmeier, Nicola Wanner, Miriam Schmidts, Sung Tae Kim, Lisa Schneider, Britta Mayer, Dontscho Kerjaschki, Jeffrey H Miner, Gerd Walz, Tobias B Huber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3346764?pdf=render

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