Media acidification inhibits TGF beta-mediated growth suppression in cultured rabbit proximal tubule cells.
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Alpern R, Sakhaee K. The clinical spectrum of chronic metabolic acidosis: Homeostatic mechanisms produce significant morbidity. American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 1997, 29: 291-302. PMID: 9016905, DOI: 10.1016/s0272-6386(97)90045-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic metabolic acidosisMetabolic acidosisHomeostatic responseSerum HCO3Acid loadBody's homeostatic responseHomeostatic mechanismsMuscle protein breakdownNormal homeostatic mechanismsSignificant morbidityClinical spectrumMeat ingestionBone demineralizationRenal growthClinical conditionsPathologic processesPathologic consequencesAcidosisProtein breakdownBloodResponseMorbidityPatientsNephrolithiasisIngestion