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Bioartificial kidney under study at MCG

...f these important kidney functions. Human proximal tubule cells are collected from kidneys obtained by the National Disease Research Interchange, a nonprofit organization that provides researchers with tissues and organs anatomically unsuitable for transplant. The cells are grown into the walls of thousand...
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An Image-Based Assay of Endothelial Cell Tube Formation as a Model of Angiogenesis

...ng the 4 (NA 0.13) objective for quantification of tubule formation and 10 (NA 0.3) to generate higher resolution images. Results Initial results suggested that the tube formation event occurs across several focal planes, even with the low magnification used. This is not surprising consider...
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Spermatogenesis

... - moving them towards the lumen of the semiferous tubule as they develop until maturity when they are relea...e then released into the lumen of the seminiferous tubule and travel with fluid from the testis into the epididymis for further maturation processes allowin...

Osmoregulation

...y's cortex) and flows down the proximal convoluted tubule to a "u-turn" called the Loop of Henle (loop of the nephron) in the medulla portion of the kidney. reabsorption - most of the viscous glomerular filtrate is returned to blood vessels which surround the convoluted tubules. secretion - the remaining ...

Nephron

...and functional unit of the kidney . It is a tiny tubule consisting of a cluster of capillaries called the ...e . Bowman's capsule leads into a long, convoluted tubule consisting of four sections: the proximal tubule , loop of Henle , distal tubule , and collectin...

Kidney

...rpuscle (or Malpighian corpuscle ), and a renal tubule that extends from the renal corpuscle. Each rena...y function . Kidney tissue The renal tubule is continuous with Bowman's capsule. The segment that drains glomerular filtrate from the Bowman's c...
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Urine

...lure of the a-intercalated cells in the distal tubule of the nephron to acidify the urine . Full article >>> Transition s (changes from a p urine - A or G - to the other p urine , or a pyrimidine - C or T - to the other pyrimidine ) are more likely than transversion s (change...

Renal

...lure of the a-intercalated cells in the distal tubule of the nephron to acidify the urine . Full art...cytes ... Full article >>> renal tubule The portion of the nephron where urine is produced. PICTURE renin An enzyme secreted by the k...

Proximal

...tibia . Full article >>> proximal tubule The winding section of the renal tubule where most re absorption of water, sodium, amino acids , and sugar takes place. PICTURE ... Full ...

Osmoregulation

...s, ... Full article >>> Malpighian tubule A unique excretory organ of insects that empties into the digestive tract, removes nitrogenous wastes from the blood, and functions in osmoregulation . Covered in Lab 12 Animal Diversity II ... Full article >>>...

Nephron

...nvoluted tubules, Henle's loop, and the collecting tubule Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology ,... and functional unit of the kidney . It is a tiny tubule consisting of a cluster of capillaries called the glomerulus , surrounded by a hollow bulb known ...

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New Hope for Kidney Failure

...re -- or kidney failure -- occurs because of renal tubule cell death. When the researchers examined the kidn...the high level of HGF actually protected the renal tubule cells. These cells play an important role in the kidney's ability to produce urine. Researchers wri...

Hope for Patients With Kidney Failure

...the high level of HGF actually protected the renal tubule cells. These cells play an important role in the k...conclude that gene delivery of HGF to the proximal tubule may be an interesting approach in designing future strategies aimed at the treatment and prevention ...

The Exposure Of Cadmium And Its Effects On Kidneys

..., and N-acetyl-a-D-glucosaminidase--all markers of tubule function--were available for 813 women. The researchers additionally collected data on medications taken, smoking history, lead exposure, and incidence of diabetes and hypertension to control for potential confounding factors. Cadmium concentrations...

Prestigious Wilson Award Goes To Yale Cell Biologist Joel Rosenbaum

...effective, a signal is sent to the nucleus and the tubule cells divide—and continue to divide. PKD is, therefore, a cancer of the kidney, where cells that should not be dividing start to divide because of a defect in a signaling pathway starting at the cilium” This sensory role of primary non-motile cilia ...

Triptolide: A Potential Drug for Polycystic Kidney Disease

...owth arrest in certain cell types. Normal kidney tubule cells have a built in switch for regulating their ...idney development, cells destined to line a kidney tubule grow and divide until the tubule is formed, as sensed by fluid flow in the tubule. Fluid flow bends ...

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First Phase II Short-Term Study on Dapagliflozin Shows Results on Safety, Tolerability and Glycemic Markers in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes

... but nearly all of itis reabsorbed in the proximal tubule by SGLT2, which is locatedalmost exclusively in the kidney. For patients with diabetes,retention of excess glucose by this pathway contributes topersistent high blood glucose levels, or hyperglycemia. InhibitingSGLT2 activity modulates reabsorption o...
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Renal tubular acidosis

... disease , ileal bypass for obesity , or renal tubule defects. Full article >>> Other causes of metabolic acidosis include severe dehydration -- resulting in decreased tissue perfusion (decreased blood flow), diarrhea , kidney disease (see distal renal tubular acidosis and ...

Renal

... Full article >>> renal collecting tubule The last part of a long, twisting tube that collects urine from the nephrons (cellular structures in the kidney that filter blood and form urine ) and moves it into the renal pelvis and ureter s. Also called collecting duct . Full artic...

Nephrocalcinosis

... disease , ileal bypass for obesity , or renal tubule defects. Full article >>>...

Acute tubular necrosis

... kidney disorder involving damage to the renal tubule cells, resulting in acute kidney failure . Full article >>> Acute tubular necrosis Dehydration Diabetic nephropathy Eclampsia (a condition of pregnancy that includes seizures ) Glomerulonephritis Muscular dystrophy P...
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