Role of membrane proteins in permeability barrier function: Uroplakin ablation elevates urothelial permeability

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 283, Issue 6 52-6, 2002, Pages

  Hu, Ping ^a   Meyers, Susan ^b   Liang, Feng Xia ^a   Deng, Fang Ming ^a   Kachar, Bechara ^c   Zeidel, Mark L ^b   Sun, Tung Tien ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Knockout; Permeability; Uroplakin; Urothelium; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; UROPLAKIN; UROPLAKIN 3; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIGHT JUNCTION; UROTHELIUM; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0036889493     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00043.2002     Document Type: Article

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