Ultrastructural localization of UT-A and UT-B in rat kidneys with different hydration status

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 290, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Lim, Sun Woo ^a   Han, Ki Hwan ^b   Jung, Ju Young ^a   Kim, Wan Young ^a   Yang, Chul Woo ^a   Sands, Jeff M ^c   Knepper, Mark A ^d   Madsen, Kirsten M ^e   Kim, Jin ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydration status; Subcellular localization; Urea transporter A; Urea transporter B

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE UREA TRANSPORTER; KIDNEY UREA TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; HYDRATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BODY WATER; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BODY WATER; KIDNEY; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33644873105     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00512.2005     Document Type: Article

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