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Podocytes on a glomerulus filtering the blood #126545451
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3d computer illustraton of podocytes on a glomerulus. Podocytes wrap around glomeruli in the kidney. They have long processes that interdigitate with the processes of other podocytes building up a fine filter for water, salts and small biomolecules, while proteins and other macromolecules are retained in the blood.