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Figure 2. Differential protein abundance and functional pathways in FD and control iPSC-podocytes. (A) Principal component analysis (PCA) plot illustrating the variance in protein abundance between FD (blue) and control (red) podocytes. (B) Heatmap of differentially expressed proteins in FD and control iPSC-podocytes, showing distinct clustering. (C) Venn diagram depicting the overlap of proteins identified in FD and control podocytes. The majority of proteins (5971) were shared between both groups, while differentially abundant proteins were observed in control (9%) and FD (3%) podocytes. (D) Box plots illustrating the relative abundance of key enzymes involved in glycosylceramide metabolism: GLA, GALC, and GBA in FD podocytes compared to controls. (E) Schematic representation of the glycosylceramide catabolic pathway, highlighting the altered abundance of proteins in FD podocytes. Proteins upregulated in FD podocytes are indicated with green upward arrows, while proteins downregulated are indicated with red downward arrows. n = 4 replicates per iPSC-podocyte line. **P < 0.01 using student’s t-test. GALC: Galactosylceramidase; GBA: glucosylceramidase beta; GLA: galactosidase alpha.