A spectrum of proteinuric glomerular diseases results from podocyte abnormalities. The
understanding of these podocytopathies has greatly expanded in recent years, particularly
with the discovery of more than a dozen genetic mutations that are associated with loss of
podocyte functional integrity. It is apparent that classification of the podocytopathies on the
basis of morphology alone is inadequate to capture fully the complexity of these disorders.
Herein is proposed a taxonomy for the podocytopathies that classifies along two …