Connexin 37 is dispensable for the control of the renin system and for positioning of renin-producing cells in the kidney

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 459, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 151-158

  Wagner, Charlotte ^a   Kurtz, Lisa ^a   Schweda, Frank ^a   Simon, Alexander M ^b   Kurtz, Armin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin; Gap junction; Kidney; Renal perfusion pressure; Renin

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; KIDNEY RENIN; ACTIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; ISOLATED KIDNEY; JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY PERFUSION; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RENIN RELEASE; SALT INTAKE; SODIUM DEPLETION; SODIUM RESTRICTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RENIN; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 73949113888     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-009-0707-6     Document Type: Article

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