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Urea transporter knockout mice and their renal phenotypes.
Sub-cellular biochemistry - 1 Jan 2014
Fenton Robert A, Yang Baoxue
Abstract excerpt
Urea transporter gene knockout mice have been created for the study of the urine-concentrating mechanism. The major findings in studies of the renal phenotype of these mice are as follows: (1) Urea accumulation in the inner medullary interstitium is dependent on intrarenal urea recycling mediated by urea transporters; (2) urea transporters are essential for preventing urea-induced osmotic diuresis and thus for...
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