"Podocytes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Highly differentiated epithelial cells of the visceral layer of BOWMAN CAPSULE of the KIDNEY. They are composed of a cell body with major CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS and secondary fingerlike extensions called pedicels. They enwrap the KIDNEY GLOMERULUS capillaries with their cell surface extensions forming a filtration structure. The pedicels of neighboring podocytes interdigitate with each other leaving between them filtration slits that are bridged by an extracellular structure impermeable to large macromolecules called the slit diaphragm, and provide the last barrier to protein loss in the KIDNEY.
| Descriptor ID |
D050199
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.810.453.324.359.372.650 A05.810.453.736.520.720 A11.436.720
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| Concept/Terms |
Podocytes- Podocytes
- Podocyte
- Glomerular Visceral Epithelial Cells
- Visceral Epithelial Cells, Glomerular
- Epithelial Cells, Glomerular Visceral
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Podocytes" by people in Profiles.
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Imeri F, Stepanovska Tanturovska B, Schwalm S, Saha S, Zeng-Brouwers J, Pavenst?dt H, Pfeilschifter J, Schaefer L, Huwiler A. Loss of sphingosine kinase 2 enhances Wilm's tumor suppressor gene 1 and nephrin expression in podocytes and protects from streptozotocin-induced podocytopathy and albuminuria in mice. Matrix Biol. 2021 04; 98:32-48.
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Qi W, Keenan HA, Li Q, Ishikado A, Kannt A, Sadowski T, Yorek MA, Wu IH, Lockhart S, Coppey LJ, Pfenninger A, Liew CW, Qiang G, Burkart AM, Hastings S, Pober D, Cahill C, Niewczas MA, Israelsen WJ, Tinsley L, Stillman IE, Amenta PS, Feener EP, Vander Heiden MG, Stanton RC, King GL. Pyruvate kinase M2 activation may protect against the progression of diabetic glomerular pathology and mitochondrial dysfunction. Nat Med. 2017 Jun; 23(6):753-762.
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Filippone EJ, Abubacker F, Farber JL. Posttransplantation normoglycemic diabetic nephropathy: the role of the allograft insulin resistance--a case report. Transplant Proc. 2014 Sep; 46(7):2381-5.
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Merline R, Lazaroski S, Babelova A, Tsalastra-Greul W, Pfeilschifter J, Schluter KD, Gunther A, Iozzo RV, Schaefer RM, Schaefer L. Decorin deficiency in diabetic mice: aggravation of nephropathy due to overexpression of profibrotic factors, enhanced apoptosis and mononuclear cell infiltration. J Physiol Pharmacol. 2009 Oct; 60 Suppl 4:5-13.
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Turk T, Leeuwis JW, Gray J, Torti SV, Lyons KM, Nguyen TQ, Goldschmeding R. BMP signaling and podocyte markers are decreased in human diabetic nephropathy in association with CTGF overexpression. J Histochem Cytochem. 2009 Jul; 57(7):623-31.
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Sharma K, Ramachandrarao S, Qiu G, Usui HK, Zhu Y, Dunn SR, Ouedraogo R, Hough K, McCue P, Chan L, Falkner B, Goldstein BJ. Adiponectin regulates albuminuria and podocyte function in mice. J Clin Invest. 2008 May; 118(5):1645-56.