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    to proximal tubule epithelial cells (PTECs). The proximal tubule can be further classified into the proximal convoluted tubule (PCT) and the proximal straight...
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    Nephron (redirect from Uriniferous tubule)
    The tubule has five anatomically and functionally different parts: the proximal tubule, which has a convoluted section the proximal convoluted tubule followed...
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    be differentiated from cells of the proximal convoluted tubule: 1 Glomerulus, 2 proximal tubule, 3 distal tubule Transverse section of pyramidal substance...
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  • concentration in the end of the proximal tubule being the same as in the beginning. In other words, the reabsorption in the proximal tubule is isosmotic. Sodium...
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    inhibitors inhibit the enzyme carbonic anhydrase which is found in the proximal convoluted tubule. This results in several effects including bicarbonate accumulation...
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  • /fɑːnˈkoʊni/, /fæn-/) is a syndrome of inadequate reabsorption in the proximal renal tubules of the kidney. The syndrome can be caused by various underlying...
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  • microscopically small tubule Proximal convoluted tubule: the portion of the nephron immediately after the glomerulus Renal tubule: the minute canals made...
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    alkaline) from the filtrate in the early portion of the nephron (the proximal tubule). Although a metabolic acidosis also occurs in those with chronic kidney...
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  • mellitus. Firstly, the glucose in the proximal tubule is co-transported with sodium ions into the proximal convoluted tubule walls via the SGLT2 cotransporter...
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    The filtrate passes into the renal tubules of the kidney. In the first part of the renal tubule, the proximal tubule, glucose is reabsorbed from the filtrate...
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  • physiology, resulting in a 100% reabsorption in the proximal tubule. In the renal proximal tubule, there are several kinds of carboxylate transporters...
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    the distal end with the proximal end joining the alimentary canal at the junction between the midgut and hindgut. Most tubules are normally highly convoluted...
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  • intestinal mucosa (enterocytes) of the small intestine (SGLT1) and the proximal tubule of the nephron (SGLT2 in PCT and SGLT1 in PST). They contribute to...
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  • portion is removed and stored in ferritin or hemosiderin. The tubule cells of the proximal tubule become damaged, slough off with the hemosiderin and are excreted...
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  • substantial deposition of hemosiderin in proximal tubule (excessive accumulation of hemosiderin in proximal tubule), Fanconi syndrome (damaged renal re-absorption...
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    cytosol of a tubule cell as it ejects one hydrogen ion from the cell into the lumen of the proximal tubule. The sodium within the tubule cell may then...
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  • cells) are a marsupial cell line used in medical research to model proximal tubule epithelial cells of the kidney. The cell line was derived from the...
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    Water is 55% reabsorbed in the proximal tubule. Glucose at normal plasma levels is completely reabsorbed in the proximal tubule. The mechanism for this is...
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  • increased Na+–H+ exchange in the proximal tubule and increased HCO3− (bicarbonate) reabsorption in the proximal tubule due to increased luminal H+. Increased...
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    secretion occurs at Proximal Convoluted Tubule (PCT) and Distal Convoluted Tubule (D.C.T); for example, at proximal convoluted tubule, potassium is secreted...
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  • necrosis of the epithelial lining in renal tubules, with focal rupture or loss of basement membrane. Proximal tubule cells can shed with variable viability...
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    study for paracellular transport across the tight junction in kidney proximal tubule, a dual pathway model was proposed, consisting of large slit breaks...
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    into the renal tubules. Flow continues through the renal tubules, including the proximal tubule, the loop of Henle, through the distal tubule and finally...
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    glomerulus and the continuity between its surrounding capsule and the proximal tubule. Glomerulus Blood–brain barrier Scanning electron microscope image...
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    epithelial cells in the proximal tubule of the kidney. It is highly expressed in the first segment (S1) of the proximal tubule, with decreasing expression...
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  • in fact, other transporters such as the Na+-H+ antiporter in the proximal tubule or the Na+/K+/2Cl− symporter in the thick ascending loop of Henle were...
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    ducts, in the cells of the proximal tubule of the kidney where it pumps them into urinary filtrate (in the proximal tubule), and in the capillary endothelial...
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  • urea. Cells of the proximal tubule have numerous microvilli and mitochondria which provide surface area and energy to the proximal tubule cells. The blood...
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  • cellular level in the human kidney. Cells, primarily of the straight proximal tubule, swell due to the formation of large vacuoles in the cytoplasm. These...
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  • reabsorption from the proximal tubules of the kidney back into the blood. In contrast, creatinine is actually secreted in the proximal tubule. This generally...
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