Elementary immunology: Na+ as a regulator of immunity

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 201-210

  Schatz, Valentin ^a   Neubert, Patrick ^a   Schröder, Agnes ^b   Binger, Katrina ^c   Gebhard, Matthias ^d,e   Müller, Dominik N ^d,e   Luft, Friedrich C ^d,e,f   Titze, Jens ^b,f   Jantsch, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune cell function and activation; Local Na+ availability; Macrophages; Skin salt storage; T cells

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION; KIDNEY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN; SODIUM METABOLISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ANIMAL; CUTANEOUS EXCRETION; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CUTANEOUS ELIMINATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84975677841     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: 1432198X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-016-3349-x     Document Type: Review

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