title: Molecular understanding of the slit diaphragm.
abstract: Glomerular filtration has always attracted the interest of nephrologists and renal researchers alike. Although several key questions on the structure and function of the kidney filter may have been answered within the last 40 years of intense research, there still remain crucial questions to be solved. The following article attempts to give a brief overview of recent developments in glomerular research highlighting particular advances in our understanding of the slit diaphragm.
authors.affiliation: Renal Division, University Hospital Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, Freiburg 79106, Germany.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grahammer
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schell
authors.forename: Tobias B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Huber
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D060730:Glomerular Filtration Barrier / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010539:Permeability; D050199:Podocytes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D015398:Signal Transduction