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Why until just now? Undiscovered uniqueness of the human glomerulus!

Why until just now? Undiscovered uniqueness of the human glomerulus! Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 315: F1345–F1346, 2018; First published August 15, 2018; doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00369.2018. EDITORIAL FOCUS X L. Gabriel Navar and X Owen Richfield Department of Physiology, Tulane Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana Submitted 27 July 2018; accepted in final form 14 August 2018 Although many of us who teach courses on renal anatomy and be resistant to collapse. This chamber in turn gives rise to histology, renal physiology, or nephrology assume that the approximately seven conduit vessels, each with quite similar blood is distributed equally to the individual glomerular cap- diameter. These conduit vessels, also a novel finding, are so illaries as it enters the glomerulus, the elegant anatomic struc- named due to their lack of podocyte cell bodies, indicating that tures responsible for assuring that the glomerular capillaries are they appear structurally phenotypically distinct, which may perfused at equivalent hydraulic pressures have not received impinge on their filtering (functional) potential. The conduit our due attention. It is generally accepted that as the afferent vessels course almost directly to the glomerular edge, either on arteriole enters the renal corpuscle, it branches into the various the surface or deep within http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology The American Physiological Society

Why until just now? Undiscovered uniqueness of the human glomerulus!

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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 315: F1345–F1346, 2018; First published August 15, 2018; doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00369.2018. EDITORIAL FOCUS X L. Gabriel Navar and X Owen Richfield Department of Physiology, Tulane Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana Submitted 27 July 2018; accepted in final form 14 August 2018 Although many of us who teach courses on renal anatomy and be resistant to collapse. This chamber in turn gives rise to histology, renal physiology, or nephrology assume that the approximately seven conduit vessels, each with quite similar blood is distributed equally to the individual glomerular cap- diameter. These conduit vessels, also a novel finding, are so illaries as it enters the glomerulus, the elegant anatomic struc- named due to their lack of podocyte cell bodies, indicating that tures responsible for assuring that the glomerular capillaries are they appear structurally phenotypically distinct, which may perfused at equivalent hydraulic pressures have not received impinge on their filtering (functional) potential. The conduit our due attention. It is generally accepted that as the afferent vessels course almost directly to the glomerular edge, either on arteriole enters the renal corpuscle, it branches into the various the surface or deep within

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American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology – The American Physiological Society

Published: Nov 1, 2018

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