Frontiers | Glomerular Endothelial Cell Crosstalk With ...
· Waters et al. used glomerular EC, mesangial cells, and podocyte to reproduce the glomerular filtration barrier in 3D cultures . They showed that TGFβinduced glomerulosclerosis, as seen in DKD, was prevented in 3D tricultures by conjoint inhibition of ALK5 and CTGF, and differential effects of TGFβ on mesangial cells and glomerular ECs. TGFβ led to nodule formation and loss of .