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.
Keywords: Apoptosis, glomerular injury, nephrotic syndrome, podocyte, proteinuria, slit diaphragm, renal disease
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title: A Slit in Podocyte Death
Volume: 15 Issue: 16
Author(s): Juan Antonio Moreno, Maria Dolores Sanchez-Nino, Ana Belen Sanz, Markus Lassila, Harry Holthofer, Luis Miguel Blanco-Colio, Jesus Egido, Marta Ruiz-Ortega and Alberto Ortiz
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Keywords: Apoptosis, glomerular injury, nephrotic syndrome, podocyte, proteinuria, slit diaphragm, renal disease
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.
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Moreno Antonio Juan, Sanchez-Nino Dolores Maria, Sanz Belen Ana, Lassila Markus, Holthofer Harry, Blanco-Colio Miguel Luis, Egido Jesus, Ruiz-Ortega Marta and Ortiz Alberto, A Slit in Podocyte Death, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2008; 15(16) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986708784911542
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986708784911542 |
Print ISSN 0929-8673 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-533X |

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