In glomerulonephritis, the normal filtration barrier is damaged and becomes far more permeable to plasma proteins, such as albumin along with other solutes. How would that affect glomerular filtration?
GFR would go up for two reasons. (1 ) The leakage of protein into the capsular filtrate will lower the effectiveness of BCOP and thus raise the net filtration pressure. (2 ) Filtration will increase also because of the increased leakiness of the glomerulus to water, ions, and other solutes. A distinct proteinuria will appear, and the loss of protein will lower BCOP, making matters worse and promoting edema formation in the peripheral tissues.
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