Figure 1: Renal clearance of different sized AuNCs and schematic diagram of the glomerular filtration membrane. Figure 2: EM images of the ultrastructure of the glomerular filtration membrane from ...

The selectively permeable capillary wall, known as the glomerular filtration barrier (GFB), consists of three main components: glomerular endothelial cells (GEnCs), the glomerular basement ...

The fenestrations occupy a large proportion of the capillary surface allowing the easy movement of water and small molecules across the glomerular filtration barrier. Loss or reduction in these ...