Modulation of urea transport across sheep rumen epithelium in vitro by SCFA and CO2

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Abdoun, Khalid ^a,b   Stumpff, Friederike ^a   Rabbani, Imtiaz ^a,c   Martens, Holger ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Microclimate; pHi; Short chain fatty acids; Urea transporter B; Volatile fatty acid

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; PHLORETIN; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; THEOPHYLLINE; UREA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP;

AMILORIDE; ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYTOSOL; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; DRUG SYNERGISM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHLORETIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; RUMEN; SHEEP; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER; THEOPHYLLINE; UREA;

EID: 76849092921     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00216.2009     Document Type: Article

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