Autonomous Calcium Signaling in Human and Zebrafish Podocytes Controls Kidney Filtration Barrier Morphogenesis.
Lydia DjenouneRitu TomarAude DorisonIrene GhobrialHeiko SchenkJan HegermannLynne Beverly-StaggsAlejandro Hidalgo-GonzalezMelissa H LittleIain A DrummondPublished in: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN (2021)
These findings establish podocyte cell-autonomous calcium signaling as a prominent and evolutionarily conserved feature of podocyte differentiation and demonstrate its requirement for podocyte foot process formation.