Nephrotic syndrome: Insights into protein scaffolds of the slit diaphragm

Nature Reviews Nephrology 12, 441 (2016). doi:10.1038/nrneph.2016.94 Author: Susan J. Allison The slit diaphragm is a specialized type of intercellular junction that connects neighbouring podocyte foot processes in the glomerulus; mutations in components of the slit diaphragm, such as NEPHRIN, have been linked to inherited proteinuric diseases. Although imaging and mutational studies have improved understanding of
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