Digital pathology assessment of kidney glomerular filtration barrier ultrastructure in an animal model of podocytopathy.
Aksel LaudonZhaoze WangAnqi ZouRicha SharmaJiayi JiConnor KimYingzhe QianQin YeHui ChenJoel M HendersonChao ZhangVijaya B KolachalamaWeining LuPublished in: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (2024)
We leveraged U-Net architecture in an algorithm to measure the widths of glomerular basement membrane and podocyte foot processes.Deep learning-based automated measurement of glomerular filtration barrier morphology has promise in podocytopathy research and diagnosis.