The layer of extracellular matrix that lies between the endothelium of the glomerular capillaries and the podocytes of the inner or visceral layer of the Bowman capsule; it is a fusion of the endothelial cell and podocyte basal laminas and acts as a physical barrier and an ion-selective filter. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna MP:0011348 ]
Synonyms: glomerular capillary basement membrane glomerular filtration membrane
Term information
- UMLS:C0599297 (ncithesaurus:Glomerular_Basement_Membrane)
- SCTID:243897006
- EMAPA:30965
- TAO:0005285
- EMAPA:28251
- FMA:74274
- Wikipedia:Glomerular_basement_membrane
- MESH:D050533 (https://github.com/biopragmatics/biomappings)
- MA:0001659
- NCIT:C32683
- ZFA:0005285
pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Membrane between the mesonephric podocytes and the renal glomerular capillaries. It is a trilaminar structure composed of the fused basement membranes of the glomerular capillaries and basement membrane of the podocytes. The capillary membranes touch the GBM at contact points that are separated by pores. The membrane is semi-permeable allowing water and small molecules to pass into the renal capsular space.[TAO]
Term relations
- basement membrane of epithelium
- mesoderm-derived structure
- part of some renal glomerulus
- part of some glomerular epithelium
- part of some renal corpuscle
- capable of some glomerular filtration