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renal epithelium

Notes

- Primary cilia (non-motile cilia) of renal epithelial cells and connecting cilia of retinal photoreceptors and are homologous structures.

See also

- Senior-Loken syndrome

References

- Brown D, Stow JL. Protein trafficking and polarity in kidney epithelium: from cell biology to physiology. Physiol Rev. 1996 Jan;76(1):245-97. PMID: 8592730