Glomerular Basement Membrane
"Glomerular Basement Membrane" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The layer of EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX that lies between the ENDOTHELIUM of the glomerular capillaries and the PODOCYTES of the inner or visceral layer of the BOWMAN CAPSULE. It is the product of these two cell types. It acts as a physical barrier and an ion-selective filter.
| Descriptor ID |
D050533
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.810.453.324.359.372.400 A05.810.453.736.520.224 A10.615.179.625 A11.284.295.310.279
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| Concept/Terms |
Glomerular Basement Membrane- Glomerular Basement Membrane
- Basement Membrane, Glomerular
- Basement Membranes, Glomerular
- Glomerular Basement Membranes
- Membrane, Glomerular Basement
- Membranes, Glomerular Basement
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