| Renal pericytes: regulators of medullary blood flow. | |
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PMID: 23126245 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Regulation of medullary blood flow (MBF) is essential in maintaining normal kidney function. Blood flow to the medulla is supplied by the descending vasa recta (DVR), which arise from the efferent arterioles of juxtamedullary glomeruli. DVR are composed of a continuous endothelium, intercalated with smooth muscle-like cells called pericytes. Pericytes have been shown to alter the diameter of isolated and in situ DVR in response to vasoactive stimuli that are transmitted via a network of autocrine and paracrine signalling pathways. Vasoactive stimuli can be released by neighbouring tubular epithelial, endothelial, red blood cells and neuronal cells in response to changes in NaCl transport and oxygen tension. The experimentally described sensitivity of pericytes to these stimuli strongly suggests their leading role in the phenomenon of MBF autoregulation. Because the debate on autoregulation of MBF fervently continues, we discuss the evidence favouring a physiological role for pericytes in the regulation of MBF and describe their potential role in tubulo-vascular cross-talk in this region of the kidney. Our review also considers current methods used to explore pericyte activity and function in the renal medulla. |
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T M Kennedy-Lydon; C Crawford; S S P Wildman; C M Peppiatt-Wildman |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-11-6 |
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Title: Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) Volume: - ISSN: 1748-1716 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Physiol (Oxf) Publication Date: 2012 Nov |
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Created Date: 2012-11-6 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101262545 Medline TA: Acta Physiol (Oxf) Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© 2012 The Authors Acta Physiologica © 2012 Scandinavian Physiological Society. |
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Urinary System Physiology Unit, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK. |
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