Tubular reabsorption of albumin: It's all about cubilin

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1810-1812

  Haraldsson, Börje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMINO ACID; CUBILIN; MEGALIN; VITAMIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; GLYCOCALYX; HUMAN; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; LYSOSOME; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEINURIA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 78149286474     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2010090984     Document Type: Editorial

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