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Descending vasa recta

National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Iodinated contrast media cause endothelial damage leading to vasoconstriction of human and rat vasa recta.
Contrast-induced acute kidney injury is an important clinical event with a worldwide increasing number of cases. Medullary… Expand
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2010
2010
Intrinsic nitric oxide and superoxide production regulates descending vasa recta contraction.
Descending vasa recta (DVR) are 12- to 15-μm microvessels that supply the renal medulla with blood flow. We examined the ability… Expand
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Iodixanol, constriction of medullary descending vasa recta, and risk for contrast medium-induced nephropathy.
PURPOSE To determine whether a type of contrast medium (CM), iodixanol, modifies outer medullary descending vasa recta (DVR… Expand
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Three-dimensional architecture of inner medullary vasa recta.
The manner in which vasa recta function and contribute to the concentrating mechanism depends on their three-dimensional… Expand
2006
2006
Vasa recta pericytes express a strong inward rectifier K+ conductance.
Strong inward rectifier potassium channels are expressed by some vascular smooth muscle cells and facilitate K+-induced… Expand
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2005
2005
Expression of TRPC4 channel protein that interacts with NHERF-2 in rat descending vasa recta.
The PDZ domain adaptor protein Na+/H+ exchanger regulatory factor (NHERF)-2 is expressed in renal medullary descending vasa recta… Expand
2005
2005
Chronic ANG II infusion increases NO generation by rat descending vasa recta.
We tested whether chronic ANG II infusion into rats affects descending vasa recta (DVR) contractility, synthesis of superoxide… Expand
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2004
2004
Response of descending vasa recta to luminal pressure.
We tested whether luminal perfusion and pressurization induce an endothelial cytoplasmic Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](CYT)) response in… Expand
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Oxygen transport across vasa recta in the renal medulla.
In this model of oxygen transport in the renal medullary microcirculation, we predicted that the net amount of oxygen reabsorbed… Expand
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2002
2002
Membrane potential controls calcium entry into descending vasa recta pericytes.
We tested the hypothesis that constriction of descending vasa recta (DVR) is mediated by voltage-gated calcium entry. K… Expand
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