Renal urea transporters

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 525-532

  Sands, Jeff M ^a,b  

^a Renal Division   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid; Knockout mice; Urea; Urine concentrating mechanism; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; FORSKOLIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEVOTHYROXINE; MINERALOCORTICOID; NITRIC OXIDE; RENAL UREA TRANSPORTER; THYROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

AGING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HUMAN; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POLYDIPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSPORT KINETICS; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URINE OSMOLALITY;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUBULES, COLLECTING; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 4344693767     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041552-200409000-00008     Document Type: Review

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