The renin phenotype: Roles and regulation in the kidney

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 366-371

  Sequeira Lopez, Maria L S ^a   Gomez, R Ariel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cell identity; cell memory; cyclic AMP; microRNAs; plasticity

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; DICER; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MICRORNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MICRORNAS; PHENOTYPE; RENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77954084103     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNH.0b013e32833aff32     Document Type: Review

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