Generation of urinary albumin fragments does not require proximal tubular uptake

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 591-596

  Weyer, Kathrin ^a   Nielsen, Rikke ^a   Christensen, Erik I ^a   Birn, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; CUBILIN; IODINE 125; MEGALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENDOCYTOSIS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 84859845211     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2011101034     Document Type: Article

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