Figure 3.
Peripheral glomerular capillaries from a Pima Indian with type 2 diabetes. Arrows point to projections extending from the WBC to the adjacent endothelium within the glomerular capillary lumen. Transmission electron microscopy, ×3,000. WBC, white blood cell; GBM, glomerular basement membrane; P, podocyte foot processes; E, endothelial cell body; FE, fenestrated endothelium; CL, capillary lumen. Reprinted with permission from Wheelock KM, Saulnier PJ, Tanamas SK et al. White blood cell fractions correlate with lesions of diabetic kidney disease and predict loss of kidney function in type 2 diabetes. Nephrol Dial Transplant doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfx23166.