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The Glomerulus According to the Mesangium
The glomerulus is the functional unit for filtration of blood and formation of primary urine. This intricate structure is composed of the endothelium with its glycocalyx facing the blood, the glomerular basement membrane and the podocytes facing the urinary space of Bowman's capsule. The mesang...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8825785/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35155460 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.740527 |
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author | Ebefors, Kerstin Bergwall, Lovisa Nyström, Jenny |
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description | The glomerulus is the functional unit for filtration of blood and formation of primary urine. This intricate structure is composed of the endothelium with its glycocalyx facing the blood, the glomerular basement membrane and the podocytes facing the urinary space of Bowman's capsule. The mesangial cells are the central hub connecting and supporting all these structures. The components as a unit ensure a high permselectivity hindering large plasma proteins from passing into the urine while readily filtering water and small solutes. There has been a long-standing interest and discussion regarding the functional contribution of the different cellular components but the mesangial cells have been somewhat overlooked in this context. The mesangium is situated in close proximity to all other cellular components of the glomerulus and should be considered important in pathophysiological events leading to glomerular disease. This review will highlight the role of the mesangium in both glomerular function and intra-glomerular crosstalk. It also aims to explain the role of the mesangium as a central component involved in disease onset and progression as well as signaling to maintain the functions of other glomerular cells to uphold permselectivity and glomerular health. |
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spelling | pubmed-88257852022-02-10 The Glomerulus According to the Mesangium Ebefors, Kerstin Bergwall, Lovisa Nyström, Jenny Front Med (Lausanne) Medicine The glomerulus is the functional unit for filtration of blood and formation of primary urine. This intricate structure is composed of the endothelium with its glycocalyx facing the blood, the glomerular basement membrane and the podocytes facing the urinary space of Bowman's capsule. The mesangial cells are the central hub connecting and supporting all these structures. The components as a unit ensure a high permselectivity hindering large plasma proteins from passing into the urine while readily filtering water and small solutes. There has been a long-standing interest and discussion regarding the functional contribution of the different cellular components but the mesangial cells have been somewhat overlooked in this context. The mesangium is situated in close proximity to all other cellular components of the glomerulus and should be considered important in pathophysiological events leading to glomerular disease. This review will highlight the role of the mesangium in both glomerular function and intra-glomerular crosstalk. It also aims to explain the role of the mesangium as a central component involved in disease onset and progression as well as signaling to maintain the functions of other glomerular cells to uphold permselectivity and glomerular health. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8825785/ /pubmed/35155460 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.740527 Text en Copyright © 2022 Ebefors, Bergwall and Nyström. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Medicine Ebefors, Kerstin Bergwall, Lovisa Nyström, Jenny The Glomerulus According to the Mesangium |
title | The Glomerulus According to the Mesangium |
title_full | The Glomerulus According to the Mesangium |
title_fullStr | The Glomerulus According to the Mesangium |
title_full_unstemmed | The Glomerulus According to the Mesangium |
title_short | The Glomerulus According to the Mesangium |
title_sort | glomerulus according to the mesangium |
topic | Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8825785/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35155460 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.740527 |
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