Cotransporters, WNKs and hypertension: Important leads from the study of monogenetic disorders of blood pressure regulation

Clinical Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 203-216

  Flatman, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diuretic; Hypertension; Serine threonine protein kinase; Sodium chloride (Na+ Cl ) symporter; Sodium potassium chloride (Na + K+ Cl ) symporter

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN KINASE WNK1; PROTEIN KINASE WNK4; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN WNK; PROTEIN WNK 3; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM POTASSIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BARTTER SYNDROME; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CELL SURFACE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GITELMAN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SODIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTERS; SODIUM-POTASSIUM-CHLORIDE SYMPORTERS; SYMPORTERS;

EID: 33846941876     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20060225     Document Type: Review

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