Definition of Podocyte. Meaning of Podocyte. Synonyms of Podocyte

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Meaning of Podocyte from wikipedia

- Podocytes are cells in Bowman's capsule in the kidneys that wrap around capillaries of the glomerulus. Podocytes make up the epithelial lining of Bowman's...
- albumin and globulin. The part of the podocyte in contact with the glomerular ba****t membrane is called a podocyte foot process or pedicle (Fig. 3): there...
- histopathologic finding of scarring (sclerosis) of glomeruli and damage to renal podocytes. This process damages the filtration function of the kidney, resulting...
- the glomerular ba****t membrane, and the filtration slits between the podocytes perform the filtration function of the glomerulus, separating the blood...
- These are diffuse loss of visceral epithelial cells' foot processes (i.e., podocyte effacement), vacuolation, and growth of microvilli on the visceral epithelial...
- layer, composed of modified simple squamous epithelium, is lined by podocytes. Podocytes have foot processes, pedicles, that wrap around glomerular capillaries...
- fenestrated endothelial cells, the glomerular ba****t membrane, and the podocytes of epithelial cells. Nephrin is a transmembrane protein that is a structural...
- capillary wall, its ba****t membrane, and between the foot processes of the podocytes of the lining of the capsule. The tubule has adjacent peritubular capillaries...
- just above the thickened glomerular ba****t membrane and is made of podocytes. Beneath the visceral layer lie the glomerular capillaries.[citation needed]...
- to the podocyte within the glomerulus of the kidney. This circulating factor damages the podocyte which changes its structure. The podocytes are now...