PMID- 24380900 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140929 LR - 20181202 IS - 1523-1755 (Electronic) IS - 0085-2538 (Linking) VI - 85 IP - 1 DP - 2014 Jan TI - The endothelium as part of the integrative glomerular barrier complex. PG - 8-11 LID - 10.1038/ki.2013.317 [doi] AB - A new study by Xu et al. presents compelling evidence for an important role of the glomerular endothelium in acute kidney injury. They show that lipopolysaccharide reduces the endothelial surface layer, resulting in mild albuminuria, reduced glomerular filtration rate, and fewer endothelial fenestrae. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is identified as instrumental in these lipopolysaccharide effects through the TNF-alpha type 1 receptor. The study highlights that the glomerular endothelium has a key role in the maintenance of the glomerular filtration barrier. FAU - Haraldsson, Borje S AU - Haraldsson BS AD - 1] Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Nephrology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden [2] Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA. LA - eng PT - Comment PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Kidney Int JT - Kidney international JID - 0323470 RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) SB - IM CON - Kidney Int. 2014 Jan;85(1):72-81. PMID: 23903370 MH - Acute Kidney Injury/*etiology MH - Animals MH - Kidney Glomerulus/*physiopathology MH - Male MH - Sepsis/*complications MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*physiology MH - Urothelium/*physiopathology EDAT- 2014/01/02 06:00 MHDA- 2014/09/30 06:00 CRDT- 2014/01/02 06:00 PHST- 2014/01/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/01/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/09/30 06:00 [medline] AID - S0085-2538(15)56152-8 [pii] AID - 10.1038/ki.2013.317 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Kidney Int. 2014 Jan;85(1):8-11. doi: 10.1038/ki.2013.317.