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Functional TauT Protects Against Acute Kidney Injury
7 May 2009
Abstract excerpt
Nephrotoxicity is common with the use of the chemotherapeutic agent cisplatin, but the cellular mechanisms that modulate the extent of injury are unknown. Cisplatin downregulates expression of the taurine transporter gene (TauT) in LLC-PK1 proximal tubular renal cells, and forced overexpression of TauT protects against cisplatin-induced apoptosis in vitro. Because the S3 segments of proximal tubules are the sites...
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