A slit in podocyte death.

Abstract:

:Recent advances have identified the podocyte as a key target in glomerular injury. The podocyte is a highly specialized cell which is responsible for the glomerular permselectivity for proteins in the kidney. Podocyte injury or loss leads to proteinuria. Apoptosis has been shown to contribute to renal cell loss, including loss of podocytes. The most striking feature of the podocyte is its ability to form intricate specialized cell junctions, the slit diaphragm. Slit diaphragm proteins play an important role in podocyte biology, protein permselectivity, cell signalling and disease. This review focuses on recent advances on the understanding of podocyte survival regulation, its relationship to slit diaphragm structure and function, and how this knowledge may affect our therapeutic approach to proteinuric kidney disease.

journal_name

Curr Med Chem

authors

Moreno JA,Sanchez-Niño MD,Sanz AB,Lassila M,Holthofer H,Blanco-Colio LM,Egido J,Ruiz-Ortega M,Ortiz A

doi

10.2174/092986708784911542

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-01-01 00:00:00

pages

1645-54

issue

16

eissn

0929-8673

issn

1875-533X

journal_volume

15

pub_type

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