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Kidney Glomerulus

Known as: renal tuft, Glomerulus, Malpighian Tuft 
A tiny, round cluster of blood vessels within the kidneys. It filters the blood to reabsorb useful materials and remove waste as urine.
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Blood supply aspectsBody partCDISC SDTM Anatomical Location TerminologyCapillary of glomerulus

Broader (2)

KidneyNephrons

Narrower (3)

PodocytesSecondary foot processStructure of glomerular mesangium

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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
The Relationship Between Glycine and Gephyrin in Synapses of the Rat Spinal Cord
In order to examine the relationship between gephyrin (the peripheral membrane protein associated with glycine receptors) and… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Physiologic regulation of atrial natriuretic peptide receptors in rat renal glomeruli.
Isolated rat renal glomeruli and cultured glomerular mesangial and epithelial cells were examined for atrial natriuretic peptide… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Comparative distribution of laminin, type IV collagen, and fibronectin in the rat glomerulus.
The distribution of laminin, type IV collagen, and fibronectin was investigated in the rat kidney cortex by immunolabeling. It… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Ultrastructural localization of fibronectin and laminin in the basement membranes of the murine kidney
Affinity-purified rabbit antibodies specific for two large noncollagenous gycoproteins--laminin and fibronectin--were used to… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Fibronectin localization in the rat glomerulus
Fibronectin (FN) has been localized in the rat glomerulus using indirect immunolabeling. It was demonstrated in frozen sections… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Tissue culture of isolated glomeruli in experimental crescentic glomerulonephritis
As a means of studying mechanisms of response to injury in glomerulonephritis, glomeruli from normal sheep and rabbits and from… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Immunopathology of the Renal Glomerulus, Frederick G. Germuth, Eugene Rodriguez. Little, Brown & Co., Boston (1973), 227 pp., 157 figs. A$18.50
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
The ultrastructure and function of pericardial cells and other nephrocytes in an insect: Calliphora erythrocephala.
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
EXPERIMENTAL GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
The primary phase of nephrotoxic serum nephritis produced by rabbit nephrotoxic serum appears to be dependent to a great extent… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
The centrolobular region of the renal glomerulus studied by electron microscopy.
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