Kidney Concentrating Ability
"Kidney Concentrating Ability" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The ability of the kidney to excrete in the urine high concentrations of solutes from the blood plasma.
| Descriptor ID |
D007671
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.852.536
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| Concept/Terms |
Kidney Concentrating Ability- Kidney Concentrating Ability
- Abilities, Kidney Concentrating
- Ability, Kidney Concentrating
- Concentrating Abilities, Kidney
- Concentrating Ability, Kidney
- Kidney Concentrating Abilities
- Urine Concentrating Ability
- Abilities, Urine Concentrating
- Ability, Urine Concentrating
- Concentrating Abilities, Urine
- Concentrating Ability, Urine
- Urine Concentrating Abilities
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Kidney Concentrating Ability" by people in Profiles.
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Quantitative analysis of functional reconstructions reveals lateral and axial zonation in the renal inner medulla. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2008 Jun; 294(6):F1306-14.
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Osmotic response element-binding protein (OREBP) is an essential regulator of the urine concentrating mechanism. J Biol Chem. 2004 Nov 12; 279(46):48048-54.
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Does a high concentration of calcium in the urine cause an important renal concentrating defect in human subjects? Clin Sci (Lond). 2000 Mar; 98(3):313-9.
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Defenses of an unstable compromise: crystallization inhibitors and the kidney's role in mineral regulation. Kidney Int. 1990 Oct; 38(4):625-31.
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Water homeostasis and vasopressin secretion during gestation. Adv Nephrol Necker Hosp. 1986; 15:1-24.
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Renal sodium and water handling in pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol Annu. 1984; 13:35-69.
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Osmoregulation in the pregnant Brattleboro rat. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1982; 394:481-90.
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Osmoregulation during pregnancy in the rat. Evidence for resetting of the threshold for vasopressin secretion during gestation. J Clin Invest. 1981 Aug; 68(2):337-46.
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Plasma osmolality and urinary concentration and dilution during and after pregnancy: evidence that lateral recumbency inhibits maximal urinary concentrating ability. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1981 May; 88(5):472-9.
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Thyroid hormone and the kidney. Nephron. 1975; 15(3-5):223-49.