Regulation and dysregulation of epithelial Na + channels

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-43

  Palmer, Lawrence G ^a   Patel, Ankit ^a   Frindt, Gustavo ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; ENaC; Hypertension; Na + transport

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CASPASE 2; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PIOGLITAZONE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERUM AND GLUCOCORTICOID REGULATED KINASE 1; SODIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE NEDD4;

BIOTINYLATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; LIDDLE SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SODIUM ABSORPTION; SODIUM CURRENT; SODIUM DEPLETION; SODIUM RETENTION; UBIQUITINATION;

ALDOSTERONE; ANIMALS; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2Y; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SODIUM;

EID: 84858291432     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: 14377799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10157-011-0496-z     Document Type: Review

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