Mitochondrial respiratory capacity in kidney podocytes is high, age-dependent, and sexually dimorphic.
Matthew D. Campbell, Mónica Sánchez-Contreras, Britta D. Sibley, Phoebe Keiser, Carla Ruiz Sanchez, Carolyn N. Mann, Anna A. Bakhtina, James E. Bruce, David Joseph Marcinek, Behzad Najafian, Mariya T. Sweetwyne
This study isolates podocyte mitochondria from mice to show they have higher respiratory capacity than tubule mitochondria, with age- and sex-dependent differences.
Kidney International · May 21, 2026Peer-reviewedCell Biology