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Aquaporin 2 mutations in nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.
Seminars in nephrology - 1 May 2008
Loonen Anne J M, Knoers Nine V A M, van Os Carel H, Deen Peter M T
Abstract excerpt
Water reabsorption in the renal collecting duct is regulated by the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin (AVP). When the vasopressin V2 receptor, present on the basolateral site of the renal principal cell, becomes activated by AVP, aquaporin-2 (AQP2) water channels will be inserted in the apical membrane, and in this fashion, water can be reabsorbed from the pro-urine into the interstitium. The essential role of the...
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