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Descending vasa recta

National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
PURPOSE To determine whether a type of contrast medium (CM), iodixanol, modifies outer medullary descending vasa recta (DVR… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
The manner in which vasa recta function and contribute to the concentrating mechanism depends on their three-dimensional… 
2006
2006
Strong inward rectifier potassium channels are expressed by some vascular smooth muscle cells and facilitate K+-induced… 
2005
2005
The PDZ domain adaptor protein Na+/H+ exchanger regulatory factor (NHERF)-2 is expressed in renal medullary descending vasa recta… 
2005
2005
We tested whether chronic ANG II infusion into rats affects descending vasa recta (DVR) contractility, synthesis of superoxide… 
2005
2005
Using nystatin-perforated patch-clamp and whole cell recording, we tested the hypothesis that K(ATP) channels contribute to… 
2004
2004
We tested whether luminal perfusion and pressurization induce an endothelial cytoplasmic Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](CYT)) response in… 
2004
2004
ANG II constricts descending vasa recta (DVR) through Ca(2+) signaling in pericytes. We examined the role of PKC DVR pericytes… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Perfusion of the renal medulla plays an important role in salt and water balance. Pericytes are smooth muscle-like cells that… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
In this model of oxygen transport in the renal medullary microcirculation, we predicted that the net amount of oxygen reabsorbed…