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
1998
Renal and intestinal absorptive defects in mice lacking the NHE3 Na+/H+ exchanger
Schultheis P, Clarke L, Meneton P, Miller M, Soleimani M, Gawenis L, Riddle T, Duffy J, Doetschman T, Wang T, Giebisch G, Aronson P, Lorenz J, Shull G. Renal and intestinal absorptive defects in mice lacking the NHE3 Na+/H+ exchanger. Nature Genetics 1998, 19: 282-285. PMID: 9662405, DOI: 10.1038/969.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcid-base balanceAbsorptive defectsNHE3-deficient miceFluid volume homeostasisRenal proximalSlight diarrheaPlasma aldosteroneBlood pressureHomozygous mutant miceExchanger mRNANHE2 isoformsBlood analysisMutant miceCompensatory mechanismsFluid absorptionNHE3 functionVolume homeostasisMiceDistribution of NHE3Cl-/HCO3Channel activityNHE3KidneyATPase mRNAIntestine
1995
Effects of a novel KATP channel blocker on renal tubule function and K channel activity.
Wang T, Wang W, Klein-Robbenhaar G, Giebisch G. Effects of a novel KATP channel blocker on renal tubule function and K channel activity. Journal Of Pharmacology And Experimental Therapeutics 1995, 273: 1382-9. PMID: 7791111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKATP channel blockerLoop of HenleCortical collecting tubuleThick ascending limbPotassium secretionChannel blockersCollecting tubuleAscending limbPotassium recyclingRenal tubule functionK channel activitySodium reabsorptionTubule functionCl reabsorptionK secretionPotassium conductanceApical potassium conductancePrincipal cellsSecretionChannel activityBlockersHenleReabsorptionLimbRecent studies