The glorious glomerulus
Colored scanning EM of a glomerulus, the basic filtration unit of the kidney. Four articles in this month’s issue focus on components of nephrology: Liu et al. (page 911) focus on anti-glomerular antibody–induced nephritis and lupus nephritis, while Crowley and colleagues (page 943) study autoimmune glomerulonephritis. Uetani and colleagues detail the signaling that regulates how the ureter and bladder connect (page 924), and finally, Glaudemans et al. (page 936) describe how the Kv1.1 channel in the kidney controls magnesium transport. Image credit: Photo Researchers Inc.
