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Nephrin vs Nephron - What's the difference?

nephrin | nephron |

As nouns the difference between nephrin and nephron

is that nephrin is (protein) any of a class of transmembrane proteins necessary for the proper functioning of the renal filtration barrier while nephron is nephron (basic structural and functional unit of the kidney).

nephrin

English

Noun

(wikipedia nephrin) (en noun)
  • (protein) Any of a class of transmembrane proteins necessary for the proper functioning of the renal filtration barrier

    • nephron

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia nephron) (en noun)
  • (anatomy) The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, which filters the blood in order to regulate chemical concentrations, and thereby produces urine.