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The podocyte contactome in lupus nephritis: Current evidence and a framework for disease progression

Key takeaways

This review looks at podocytes, the delicate cells that form the kidney's filter and stop protein from leaking into the urine. It gathers lab findings on the connections those cells make with their neighbors, and proposes a map of how those links break down in lupus kidney disease. The work is in cells and tissue, not in people, so it points at possible drug targets and nothing more. No abstract came with this record, so the details are limited to what the title states.

Who did this work

Rabab S. Hamad (King Faisal University) · Elsayed A. Elmorsy (Qassim University) · Attalla F. El-kott (Damanhour University) · Mohammed Alshehri (King Khalid University) · Sally Negm (King Khalid University) · Waleed Eltantawy (Batterjee Medical College) · Eman Hamza (Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University) · Ohoud Y Alshehri (Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University) · Sameh Saber (Delta University for Science and Technology)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, CKD works · 2026-09-07
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tice.2026.103937