1997
Tubule electrophysiology: from single channels back to the renal epithelium.
Boulpaep E. Tubule electrophysiology: from single channels back to the renal epithelium. Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift 1997, 109: 489-92. PMID: 9261991.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacroscopic membrane propertiesMicroscopic parametersSingle channel proteinsElectrical propertiesIon flowMacroscopic referenceSingle barrierMembrane patchesRenal epitheliumSingle channelRenal ion transportRenal ion channelsRegulatory domainExperimental errorChannel proteinsPore conductivityIon channelsWhole-cell conductancePatch-clamp technologyBasolateral membraneRenal tubule cellsCell membrane parametersIon selectivityIon transportOpen probability
1996
A novel preparation of dissociated renal proximal tubule cells that maintain epithelial polarity in suspension
Segal A, Boulpaep E, Maunsbach A. A novel preparation of dissociated renal proximal tubule cells that maintain epithelial polarity in suspension. American Journal Of Physiology 1996, 270: c1843-c1863. PMID: 8764170, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1996.270.6.c1843.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpithelial polarityFunctional polaritySingle cellsMembrane trafficking pathwaysCell surface polarityBasolateral membrane domainsIon channel proteinsBasolateral membraneApical brush borderCell polarityTrafficking pathwaysActin cytoskeletonMembrane domainsProximal tubule cellsMost epithelial cellsChannel proteinsZO-1 proteinTubule cellsJunctional complexesTight junctional complexesPolarized structureSingle cell modelEpithelial cellsRenal proximal tubule cellsZO-1