Aquaporin-9 and urea transporter-A gene deletions affect urea transmembrane passage in murine hepatocytes

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 303, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Jelen, Sabina ^a   Gena, Patrizia ^b   Lebeck, Janne ^a   Rojek, Aleksandra ^a   Praetorius, Jeppe ^a   Frokiaer, Jorgen ^a   Fenton, Robert A ^a   Nielsen, Soren ^a   Calamita, Giuseppe ^b   Rützler, Michael ^a,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gavage; High protein diet; Knockout; L glutamine; Stopped flow light scattering

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AQUAPORIN 9; DIMETHYLUREA; GLYCEROL; PHLORETIN; UREA; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; GENE; GENE DELETION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIVER; LIVER CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UREA TRANSPORTER A GENE;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; DIETARY PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HEPATOCYTES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; UREA;

EID: 84870554857     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00153.2012     Document Type: Article

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