Sex-dependent expression of water channel AQP1 along the rat nephron

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 308, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 809-821

  Herak Kramberger, Carol M ^a   Breljak, Davorka ^a   Ljubojević, Marija ^a   Matokanović, Mirela ^a   Lovrić, Mila ^b   Rogić, Dunja ^b   Brzica, Hrvoje ^a   Vrhovac, Ivana ^a   Karaica, Dean ^a   Micek, Vedran ^a   Ivković Dupor, Jana ^c   Brown, Dennis ^d   Sabolić, Ivan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^c University of Rijeka   (Croatia)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Castration; Immunocytochemistry; Ovariectomy; Sex differences; Sex steroids; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 1; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; AQP1 PROTEIN, RAT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; MALE; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; ESTROGEN THERAPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLYCOSYLATION; METABOLISM; ORCHIECTOMY; OSMOLARITY; OVARIECTOMY; SEXUAL MATURATION; URINARY EXCRETION; URODYNAMICS; WISTAR RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 1; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GLYCOSYLATION; MALE; NEPHRONS; ORCHIECTOMY; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RATS, WISTAR; RENAL ELIMINATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 84927748663     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00368.2014     Document Type: Article

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