Exploring the intricate regulatory network controlling the thiazide-sensitive NaCl cotransporter (NCC)

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 462, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 767-777

  Dimke, Henrik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Kidney; Membrane transport; Renal function; Sodium excretion; Sodium transport

Indexed keywords

ADDUCIN; GAMMA ADDUCIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS RESPONSE 1 KINASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE SPAK; PROTEIN KINASE WNK1; PROTEIN KINASE WNK4; PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 4; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SERUM AND GLUCOCORTICOID REGULATED KINASE 1; SODIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM; PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM TYPE II; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; KIDNEY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PSEUDOHYPOALDOSTERONISM; RECEPTORS, DRUG; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SYMPORTERS; THIAZIDES;

EID: 83555176100     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-011-1027-1     Document Type: Review

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