Cell-Cell Communication in the Kidney Microcirculation

Microcirculation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 451-460

  Sorensen, Charlotte Mehlin ^a   Holstein Rathlou, Niels Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Calcium signaling; Conducted vasoconstriction; Intercellular communication; Renal hemodynamics; Renin secretion

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; RENIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR; WATER;

AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME RELEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MICE; MICROCIRCULATION; RATS; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84863773065     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-8719.2011.00149.x     Document Type: Review

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