The glomerular basement membrane (GBM) is a specialized form of basement membrane that has a major role in the maintenance of the glomerular filtration barrier. Like all basement membranes ...

Glomerular capillaries have unique adaptations allowing their walls to function as a biological sieve known as the glomerular filtration barrier. This enables the kidneys to fulfil their primary role ...

suggesting that insulin has a specific effect on the podocyte in the glomerular filtration barrier. The insulin response of the podocyte occurs via the facilitative glucose transporters GLUT1 and ...

Once glomerular bleeding has been excluded ... The diagnostic yield in adults increases with age and is higher for gross hematuria (5 to 23 percent) than for microscopic hematuria (up to 14 ...

More information: Miki Nagase et al, Glomerular Endothelial Cell Receptor ADGRF5 and the Integrity of the Glomerular ...