The Beneficial Role of Retinoids in Glomerular Disease
The primary etiology of CKD is a direct consequence of initial dysfunction and injury of the glomerulus, the main filtration system. Podocytes are terminally differentiated epithelial cells in the glomerulus, whose major function is the maintenance of this renal filtration barrier. Podocyte injury i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmed.2015.00016/full |