Figure 5: The mechanism of the podocyte injury and the protective effected by glucocorticoids.
Several causes are known to contribute to podocyte injury. After the injury, podocytes
can undergo cytoskeleton derangement, effacement, detachment or apoptosis. The mechanisms
by which glucocorticoids exerts its renoprotective effect involve several mechanisms
that protect podocyte from injury.
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