THICK ASCENDING LIMB OF HENLES LOOP
THICK ASCENDING LIMB OF HENLES LOOP
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DOI:
10.1038/ki.1982.198
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
19.6
通讯作者:
BURG, MB
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作者:
BURG, MB
The first direct studies of thick ascending limbs of Henle's loop were made in 1966 [1]. At that time, the studies utilized a recently described technique for dissecting renal tubules from fresh rabbit kidneys [2]. Cellular content and exchange of sodium and potassium were measured. Seven years later this segment was first perfused in vitro [3, 4], and active chloride absorption was observed. Later, an apparently identical transport system was discovered in amphibia [5] and fresh water teleosts [6] in their distal tubules (“diluting segments”). The conservation of this specialized system of active chloride transport through the evolutionary process suggests an important function. In the following I summarize the direct studies that have been published on thick ascending limbs and diluting segments to analyze the transport mechanisms involved and speculate on their functional significance.