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[Pendrin: physiology, molecular biology and clinical importance].
Giornale italiano di nefrologia : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di nefrologia - 1 Jan 2000
Grimaldi R, Capuano P, Miranda N, Wagner C, Capasso G
Abstract excerpt
Pendrin, first identified in 1997, belongs to a superfamily of anion transporters localized in the thyroid gland, inner ear and kidney. Immunohistochemical studies have shown that pendrin is expressed at the apical surface of follicular thyroid cells, where it acts as a Cl-/I- exchanger regulating the chloride transport from the cytoplasm to the colloid space. In the inner ear, pendrin has been found in the stria...
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