Nature Genetics
24, 333 - 335 (2000)
doi:10.1038/74139
Getting a foothold in nephrotic syndromeStefan Somlo1
& Peter Mundel21
Section of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine
, 295 Congress Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut
, 06536, USA.
stefan.somlo@yale.edu
2
Division of Nephrology, Albert Einstein College of
Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx,
New York 10461, USA.
mundel@aecom.yu.edu
The podocyte is a highly specialized kidney cell that is essential
to the ultrafiltration of blood, resulting in the extraction of urine and
the retention of protein. Four studies, the most recent of which is published
in this issue of Nature Genetics, indicate its critical role in the
pathology of nephrotic syndrome.
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