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Uromodulin: old friend with new roles in health and disease.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Jul 2014
Iorember Franca M, Vehaskari V Matti
Abstract excerpt
The most abundant urinary protein, Tamm-Horsfall protein, later renamed uromodulin, is expressed exclusively by the thick ascending limb cells of the kidney and released into urine from the apical cell membrane. Uromodulin is believed to protect against urinary tract infections and stones, but its other physiologic functions have remained obscure until recently. Renewed interest in uromodulin has been brought...
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