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Chronic lithium treatment induces novel patterns of pendrin localization and expression.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology - 1 Aug 2018
Himmel Nathaniel J, Wang Yirong, Rodriguez Daniel A, Sun Michael A, Blount Mitsi A
Abstract excerpt
Prolonged lithium treatment is associated with various renal side effects and is known to induce inner medullary collecting duct (IMCD) remodeling. In animals treated with lithium, the fraction of intercalated cells (ICs), which are responsible for acid-base homeostasis, increases compared with renal principal cells (PCs). To investigate the intricacies of lithium-induced IMCD remodeling, male Sprague-Dawley rats...
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