What enables the protein to be retained in healthy nephrons? Reabsorption of filtered protein at the Loop of Henle. Crowding out of protein by more concentrated glucose at the glomerulus. Filtration slits that are smaller than the protein. The glomerulus selectively allows molecules to enter the filtrate by specialised gated channels that exclude protein.
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