High urea and creatinine concentrations and urea transporter B in mammalian urinary tract tissues

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Spector, David A ^a,c   Yang, Qing ^a   Wade, James B ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder; Ureter; Urothelial transport

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CREATININE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN UT B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HYDRATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT; WATER DEPRIVATION; WATER LOADING;

EID: 33846207530     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00181.2006     Document Type: Article

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