Podocytes [podocyty]
- Terms
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glomerulární viscerální epiteliální buňky
viscerální epiteliální buňky glomerulární
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Epithelial Cells, Glomerular Visceral
Glomerular Visceral Epithelial Cells
Visceral Epithelial Cells, Glomerular
Highly differentiated epithelial cells of the visceral layer of BOWMAN CAPSULE of the KIDNEY. They are composed of a cell body with major CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS and secondary fingerlike extensions called pedicels. They enwrap the KIDNEY GLOMERULUS capillaries with their cell surface extensions forming a filtration structure. The pedicels of neighboring podocytes interdigitate with each other leaving between them filtration slits that are bridged by an extracellular structure impermeable to large macromolecules called the slit diaphragm, and provide the last barrier to protein loss in the KIDNEY.
- DUI
- D050199 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0473246
- Previous indexing
- Kidney Glomerulus (1965-2005)
- History note
- 2006
- Public note
- 2006
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