An essential role of the universal polarity protein, aPKClambda, on the maintenance of podocyte slit diaphragms.

Glomerular visceral epithelial cells (podocytes) contain interdigitated processes that form specialized intercellular junctions, termed slit diaphragms, which provide a selective filtration barrier in the renal glomerulus. Analyses of disease-causing mutations in familial nephrotic syndromes and tar...

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Main Authors: Tomonori Hirose, Daisuke Satoh, Hidetake Kurihara, Chiho Kusaka, Hiroko Hirose, Kazunori Akimoto, Taiji Matsusaka, Iekuni Ichikawa, Tetsuo Noda, Shigeo Ohno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2614475?pdf=render