Α-actinin-4 Is Required for Normal Podocyte Adhesion

Savita V. Dandapani, Hikaru Sugimoto, Benjamin D. Matthews, Robert J. Kolb, Sumita Sinha Robert E. Gerszten, Jing Zhou, Donald E. Ingber, Raghu Kalluri, Martin R. Pollak Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Division of Matrix Biology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, Vascular Biology Program, Departments of Pathology and Surgery, Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Running title: α-Actinin-4 in Podocyte Adhesion Address correspondence to: Martin R. Pollak, 4 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115,Tel.617-525 5840, Fax. 617 525-5841, E-mail: [email protected]