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The renal TRPV4 channel is essential for adaptation to increased dietary potassium.
Kidney international - 1 Jun 2017
Mamenko Mykola V, Boukelmoune Nabila, Tomilin Viktor N, Zaika Oleg L, Jensen V Behrana, O'Neil Roger G, Pochynyuk Oleh M
Abstract excerpt
To maintain potassium homeostasis, kidneys exert flow-dependent potassium secretion to facilitate kaliuresis in response to elevated dietary potassium intake. This process involves stimulation of calcium-activated large conductance maxi-K (BK) channels in the distal nephron, namely the connecting tubule and the collecting duct. Recent evidence suggests that the TRPV4 channel is a critical determinant of...
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