PARD3B encodes Partitioning defective 3 homolog B, also known as PAR3 family cell polarity regulator beta, which is an adapter protein that may play a role in the formation or maintenance of epithelial tight junctions in kidney glomerulus (Koehler et al., 2016) and is found in the urine of preeclampsia patients (Zhao et al., 2011). The gene discussed is PARD3B; the disease is preeclampsia.