Aquaporin-1 is not expressed in descending thin limbs of short-loop nephrons

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2937-2944

  Zhai, Xiao Yue ^a,b   Fenton, Robert A ^a   Andreasen, Arne ^a   Thomsen, Jesper Skovhus ^a   Christensen, Erik Ilsø ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; UREA TRANSPORTER A2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY SLICE; MOUSE; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 35848937139     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2007010056     Document Type: Article

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