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MeSH Heading: Podocytes
Tree Number(s): A05.810.453.324.359.372.650; A05.810.453.736.520.720; A11.436.720
Unique ID: D050199
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D050199
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Epithelial Cells, Glomerular Visceral; Glomerular Visceral Epithelial Cells; Visceral Epithelial Cells, Glomerular
Previous Indexing: Kidney Glomerulus (1965-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2011/06/24

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0473246
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Podocytes Preferred Term
Term UI T611211
Date09/28/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Epithelial Cells, Glomerular Visceral
Term UI T611567
Date09/30/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Glomerular Visceral Epithelial Cells
Term UI T611568
Date09/30/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006); Visceral Epithelial Cells, Glomerular
Term UI T611444
Date09/29/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2006)

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