Reply: podocytes are key-although albumin never reaches the slit diaphragm.
Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology (Internal Medicine II), RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany.
Marcus J
MJ
Moeller
Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
George A
GA
Tanner
D000419:Albuminuria / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D060730:Glomerular Filtration Barrier / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000378:metabolism*
D012709:Serum Albumin