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