In Glomerulonephritis, the Normal Filtration Barrier Is Damaged and Becomes

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Essay

In glomerulonephritis, the normal filtration barrier is damaged and becomes far more permeable to plasmaproteins, such as albumin along with other solutes. How would that affect glomerular filtration?

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Definitions:

G Protein-linked Receptors

A large family of cell surface receptors that detect molecules outside the cell and activate internal signal transduction pathways and cellular responses.

Transmembrane Proteins

Proteins that span the entirety of a cell membrane, facilitating a variety of functions including signaling and transport across the membrane.

Signaling Molecule

Chemicals that transfer information from one cell to another, playing a key role in biological processes and cellular responses.

Scaffold Proteins

Proteins that mediate the assembly of other proteins into complex multi-enzyme units, facilitating signal transduction and other cellular processes.