Robert Thomson, PhD
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- University of British Columbia (1989)
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Peter S. Aronson, MD
Felix Knauf, MD
Ali Abu-Alfa, MD, FASN, FAHA
Carmen Jane Booth, DVM, PhD
Christina Barone
Tong Wang, MD
9Publications
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2023
SLC26A6 Plays a Major Role in Release of Soluble Oxalate from Macrophages Following Internalization of Calcium Oxalate Crystals
Najenson A, Wagner T, Bachmann S, Thomson R, Knauf F, Aronson P. SLC26A6 Plays a Major Role in Release of Soluble Oxalate from Macrophages Following Internalization of Calcium Oxalate Crystals. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2023, 34: 490-490. DOI: 10.1681/asn.20233411s1490b.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
A New Physiological Model to Study Regulation of SLC26A6-Mediated Oxalate Transport in Mouse and Human Intestinal Tissue
Schorr M, Holthaus D, Vallone V, Thomson R, Stachelscheid H, Aronson P, Knauf F. A New Physiological Model to Study Regulation of SLC26A6-Mediated Oxalate Transport in Mouse and Human Intestinal Tissue. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2021, 32: 202-203. DOI: 10.1681/asn.20213210s1202d.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDeletion of Cdh16 Ksp-cadherin leads to a developmental delay in the ability to maximally concentrate urine in mouse
Thomson R, Dynia DW, Burlein S, Thomson BR, Booth C, Knauf F, Wang T, Aronson P. Deletion of Cdh16 Ksp-cadherin leads to a developmental delay in the ability to maximally concentrate urine in mouse. American Journal Of Physiology. Renal Physiology 2021, 320: f1106-f1122. PMID: 33938239, PMCID: PMC8285649, DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00556.2020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsKsp-cadherinCell adhesion moleculeAtypical memberKidney developmentMammalian kidneyAdult mammalian kidneyBasolateral membraneNormal kidney developmentEpithelial cellsAdhesion moleculesMutant animalsExpression analysisSpecific expressionE-cadherin expressionWestern blot analysisEpithelial phenotypePrincipal proteinE-cadherinBlot analysisMouse linesAquaporin-2CadherinCritical roleDevelopmental delayKnockout mice
2016
Loss of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator Impairs Intestinal Oxalate Secretion
Knauf F, Thomson RB, Heneghan JF, Jiang Z, Adebamiro A, Thomson CL, Barone C, Asplin JR, Egan ME, Alper SL, Aronson PS. Loss of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator Impairs Intestinal Oxalate Secretion. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2016, 28: 242-249. PMID: 27313231, PMCID: PMC5198290, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2016030279.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsIntestinal oxalate secretionWild-type miceCystic fibrosisIntestinal tissueOxalate secretionIncidence of hyperoxaluriaCalcium oxalate stone formationNet intestinal absorptionOxalate stone formationCoexpression of CFTRIntestinal transport processesWestern blot analysisOxalate absorptionMouse modelIntestinal absorptionGlucose absorptionUssing chambersStone formationFibrosisMiceSecretionReduced expressionCystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) geneHyperoxaluriaPatients
2015
Functional Significance of Glycosylation of Cl‐/oxalate exchanger Slc26a6
Thomson R, Thomson C, Aronson P. Functional Significance of Glycosylation of Cl‐/oxalate exchanger Slc26a6. The FASEB Journal 2015, 29 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.970.6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntrinsic transport functionTransport functionFunctional significanceSite-specific mutagenesisProtein traffickingCell surface expressionSurface deliveryBiotinylation studiesGlycosylation sitesEndocytic retrievalSecond extracellular loopExtracellular loopCell surfaceGlycosylationPutative second extracellular loopGlycan residuesTraffickingHuman SLC26A6Trafficking studiesDistinct sitesEnzyme digestionEnzymatic digestsDependent uptakeSlc26a6Glycosidic linkages
1999
Ksp-cadherin gene promoter. I. Characterization and renal epithelial cell-specific activity
Whyte D, Li C, Thomson R, Nix S, Zanjani R, Karp S, Aronson P, Igarashi P. Ksp-cadherin gene promoter. I. Characterization and renal epithelial cell-specific activity. American Journal Of Physiology 1999, 277: f587-f598. PMID: 10516284, DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1999.277.4.f587.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHepatocyte nuclear factor 3Activator protein-2Renal epithelial cellsCAAT boxNuclear proteinsFlanking regionsPromoter activityTissue-specific gene expressionEpithelial cellsElectrophoretic mobility shift assaysKsp-cadherin gene promoterCCAAT/enhancer-binding proteinTranscription initiation siteKidney-specific memberMobility shift assaysConsensus promoter elementsEnhancer-binding proteinCell-specific activityPotential binding sitesLambda bacteriophage clonesLuciferase reporter plasmidHelix proteinsKidney epithelial cellsGATA factorsGC boxKsp-cadherin gene promoter. II. Kidney-specific activity in transgenic mice
Igarashi P, Shashikant C, Thomson R, Whyte D, Liu-Chen S, Ruddle F, Aronson P. Ksp-cadherin gene promoter. II. Kidney-specific activity in transgenic mice. American Journal Of Physiology 1999, 277: f599-f610. PMID: 10516285, DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1999.277.4.f599.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsKsp-cadherinEscherichia coli lacZ reporter geneTissue-specific memberKsp-cadherin gene promoterRepeat-induced geneTranscriptional start siteTissue-specific expressionDifferentiation-specific expressionBeta-galactosidase enzyme activityTransgene integration sitesKidney-specific expressionLacZ reporter geneTransgenic miceEpithelial cellsKidney-specific activityStart siteRegulatory elementsGene promoterReporter genePronuclear microinjectionKb upstreamUreteric budTubular epithelial cellsDevelopmental expressionIntegration sitesImmunolocalization of Ksp-cadherin in the adult and developing rabbit kidney
Thomson R, Aronson P. Immunolocalization of Ksp-cadherin in the adult and developing rabbit kidney. American Journal Of Physiology 1999, 277: f146-f156. PMID: 10409308, DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1999.277.1.f146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
1995
Isolation and cDNA Cloning of Ksp-cadherin, a Novel Kidney-specific Member of the Cadherin Multigene Family *
Thomson R, Igarashi P, Biemesderfer D, Kim R, Abu-Alfa A, Soleimani M, Aronson P. Isolation and cDNA Cloning of Ksp-cadherin, a Novel Kidney-specific Member of the Cadherin Multigene Family *. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1995, 270: 17594-17601. PMID: 7615566, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.29.17594.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsKidney-specific memberMultigene familyKsp-cadherinCDNA cloningCharacteristic cysteine residuesT7 expression systemClassical cadherinsCytoplasmic domainCysteine residuesExpression systemTissue developmentImmunolocalization studiesRecognition sequenceNorthern analysisCadherinDemonstrated roleCellular recognitionMolecular analysisLI-cadherinHPT-1Basolateral membraneCloningRenal tubular epithelial cellsEpithelial cellsProtein
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