loss of podocyte pedicels involves a gradual decrease in pedicel height beginning at the pedicel tip and progressing down the pedicel arm , formation of nublike protrusions and interpedicel microbridges ( 35 to 45 nm . in width and 40 to 60 nm . in length ) along the pedicel 's base , the merging of microbridges to form more extensive regions of interpedicel contact , and a gradual broadening and retraction of pedicels .
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