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 ResearchConceptsHepatocyte 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 box
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