The epithelial Na+ channel: A new player in the vasculature

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 143-148

  Kusche Vihrog, Kristina ^a   Tarjus, Antoine ^b   Fels, Johannes ^a   Jaisser, Frédéric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; ENaC; Endothelial cells; Nitric oxide; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNELS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; SODIUM; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84894107277     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: 14736543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mnh.0000441054.88962.2c     Document Type: Review

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