"Kidney Medulla" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The internal portion of the kidney, consisting of striated conical masses, the renal pyramids, whose bases are adjacent to the cortex and whose apices form prominent papillae projecting into the lumen of the minor calyces.
| Descriptor ID |
D007679
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.810.453.466
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| Concept/Terms |
Kidney Medulla- Kidney Medulla
- Kidney Medullas
- Medulla, Kidney
- Medullas, Kidney
Kidney Papilla- Kidney Papilla
- Kidney Papillas
- Papilla, Kidney
- Papillas, Kidney
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Kidney Medulla" by people in Profiles.
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Oliver JA, Maarouf O, Cheema FH, Liu C, Zhang QY, Kraus C, Zeeshan Afzal M, Firdous M, Klinakis A, Efstratiadis A, Al-Awqati Q. SDF-1 activates papillary label-retaining cells during kidney repair from injury. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2012 Jun 01; 302(11):F1362-73.
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Salom MG, Cerón SN, Rodriguez F, Lopez B, Hernández I, Martínez JG, Losa AM, Fenoy FJ. Heme oxygenase-1 induction improves ischemic renal failure: role of nitric oxide and peroxynitrite. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2007 Dec; 293(6):H3542-9.
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Oliver JA, Maarouf O, Cheema FH, Martens TP, Al-Awqati Q. The renal papilla is a niche for adult kidney stem cells. J Clin Invest. 2004 Sep; 114(6):795-804.
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Tian N, Gannon AW, Khalil RA, Manning RD. Mechanisms of salt-sensitive hypertension: role of renal medullary inducible nitric oxide synthase. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2003 Feb; 284(2):R372-9.