Passage: The glomerulus has a glomerular basement membrane (GBM) consisting mainly of laminins, type IV collagen, agrin and nidogen, which are synthesized and secreted by both endothelial cells and podocytes: thus the GBM is sandwiched between the glomerular capillaries and the podocytes. GBM is 250<unk>400 nm in thickness, which is thicker than basement membranes of other tissue. It is a barrier to blood proteins such as albumin and globulin. The part of the podocyte in contact with the GBM is called a podocyte process or pedicle (Fig. 3): there are gaps between the processes through which the filtrate flows into Bowman's capsule of the foot. space between the foot podocyte and podocytes. space adjacent is split? space is split?
mto wa protini