2011
Renal outer medullary potassium channel knockout models reveal thick ascending limb function and dysfunction
Wang T. Renal outer medullary potassium channel knockout models reveal thick ascending limb function and dysfunction. Clinical And Experimental Nephrology 2011, 16: 49-54. PMID: 22038261, DOI: 10.1007/s10157-011-0495-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThick ascending limbIon transporter expressionRenal outer medullary potassium channelBartter's syndromeInward rectifier potassium channelPotassium channelsSmall-conductance K channelsROMK null miceMedullary thick ascending limbType II Bartter's syndromeSimilar phenotypeMammalian kidneyApical membraneK channelsROMK knockout miceKnockout modelsChannel activityChannel mutationsRenal functionLimb functionNull micePhysiological conditionsSalt wastingTransporter expressionPathophysiological conditions
2010
Shear stress-induced changes of membrane transporter localization and expression in mouse proximal tubule cells
Duan Y, Weinstein A, Weinbaum S, Wang T. Shear stress-induced changes of membrane transporter localization and expression in mouse proximal tubule cells. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2010, 107: 21860-21865. PMID: 21106755, PMCID: PMC3003103, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1015751107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProximal tubule cellsMouse proximal tubuleNa/K-ATPaseTubule cellsApical NHE3Proximal tubulesMouse proximal tubule cellsFSS-induced changesApical plasma membraneV-ATPaseAmount of protein expressionBasolateral membraneWestern blot analysisNHE3Volume reabsorptionTransporter expressionBasolateral transportProtein expressionMPT cellsShear stress-induced changesVacuolar H(+)-ATPaseBlock microtubule polymerizationControl cellsModulate cellular functionsTransporter localization