Article
Epithelial sodium channel, salt intake, and hypertension.
Current hypertension reports - 1 Feb 2003
Hummler Edith
Abstract excerpt
The epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) is a membrane protein made of three different but homologous subunits (a, b, and g) present in the apical membrane of epithelial cells of, for example, the distal nephron. This channel is responsible for salt reabsorption in the kidney and can cause human dise...
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