Invagination and infolding of podocytes in glomerular basement membrane in the cases of primary membranous nephropathy
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- 作者：Yukinari Masuda ; Akiko Mii ; Akira Shimizu ; Emiko Fujita ; Kaoru Aki ; Kahori Ishikawa ; Masamichi Ishizaki ; Shigeru Sato ; Naoaki Hayama and Yasuhiko Iino ; et al.
- 关键词：Membranous nephropathy ; Microspheres ; Microtubules ; Podocytic infolding glomerulopathy ; Podocyte infolding ; Podocyte invagination
- 刊名：Clinical and Experimental Nephrology
- 出版年：2008
- 出版时间：December, 2008
- 年：2008
- 卷：12
- 期：6
- 页码：440-449
- 全文大小：1,003.8 KB
文摘
Background The ultrastructural findings of membranous nephropathy (MN) are well described. Recently, podocyte infolding in the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) has been observed to be a unique ultrastructural finding formed from diffuse spherical microparticles and microtubules in the GBM. However, these alterations of glomerular epithelial cells have not been well characterized in MN.