The pelvis-kidney junction contains HCN3, a hyperpolarization-activated cation channel that triggers ureter peristalsis

Kidney International

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 500-508

  Hurtado, Romulo ^a   Bub, Gil ^b   Herzlinger, Doris ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Obstructive nephropathy; Obstructive uropathy

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CATION 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; HEART; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY PELVIS; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URETER; URINARY TRACT;

ANIMALS; CATIONS; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY PELVIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PELVIS; PERISTALSIS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; URETER; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77949524972     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.483     Document Type: Article

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