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Potassium-related inherited tubulopathies.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16810456     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Hyper- and hypokalemia may carry severe clinical consequences. Different regulatory mechanisms, including the kidney, exert a tight regulation of plasma potassium levels. The renal pathway of potassium handling begins in the proximal tubule followed by the fine-tuning of its secretion or absorption at the distal tubule, including the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop, the distal convoluted tubule and the cortical collecting duct. Genetic studies in recent years have clarified the role of specific tubular channels and transporters in the pathogenesis of unique hyper- and hypokalemic tubulopathies, some of them non-hypertensive (pseudohypoaldosteronism, Bartter and Gitelman syndromes) and others hypertensive by definition (including Liddle and Gordon syndromes). This article reviews the genetic and clinical spectrum of hypokalemic and hyperkalemic tubulopathies.
Authors:
D Landau
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS     Volume:  63     ISSN:  1420-682X     ISO Abbreviation:  Cell. Mol. Life Sci.     Publication Date:  2006 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-09-08     Completed Date:  2006-10-19     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9705402     Medline TA:  Cell Mol Life Sci     Country:  Switzerland    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1962-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics A, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84101, Israel. ldaniel@bgu.ac.il
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Bartter Syndrome / genetics,  metabolism
Humans
Hyperaldosteronism / metabolism
Hyperkalemia / metabolism
Hypertension / metabolism
Hypokalemia / metabolism
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Kidney Diseases / etiology*,  genetics,  metabolism
Kidney Tubules* / metabolism
Models, Biological
Mutation
Potassium / blood,  metabolism*
Receptors, Calcium-Sensing / genetics
Syndrome
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Receptors, Calcium-Sensing; 7440-09-7/Potassium

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