Two types of parietal podocyte were previously described in the Bowman capsule: one characterized by coexpression of podocyte and parietal epithelial cell markers, the other characterized by ...

The actin cytoskeleton of podocytes reflects their physiological functions and underlies their unique morphology, which can adjust in response to environmental changes to maintain filtration barrier ...

Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, GOFARR Laboratory for Organ Regenerative Research and Cell Therapeutics in Urology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles The glomerular filtration barrier, generated ...

Podocytes are a terminally differentiated cell type located in the glomerulus. Podocyte damage and the subsequent dysregulation of podocyte proteins have been implicated in various kidney disorders.

University of Florence–led investigators report that estrogen-regulated renal progenitor cells shape pregnancy adaptation in mice with failure of estrogen receptor alpha signaling precipitating ...