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Clinical aspects of urea transporters.
Sub-cellular biochemistry - 1 Jan 2014
Ran Jianhua, Wang Hongkai, Hu Tinghai
Abstract excerpt
Jk antigens, which were identified as urea transporter B (UT-B) in the plasma membrane of erythrocytes, and which determine the Kidd blood type in humans, are involved in transfusion medicine, and even in organ transplantation. The Jk(a-b-) blood type is a consequence of a silent Slc14A1 gene caused by various mutations related to lineage. In addition, the specific mutations related to hypertension and metabolic...
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