"Loop of Henle" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The U-shaped portion of the renal tubule in the KIDNEY MEDULLA, consisting of a descending limb and an ascending limb. It is situated between the PROXIMAL KIDNEY TUBULE and the DISTAL KIDNEY TUBULE.
| Descriptor ID |
D008138
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.810.453.736.560.610
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Loop of Henle" by people in Profiles.
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Yu M, Lopez B, Dos Santos EA, Falck JR, Roman RJ. Effects of 20-HETE on Na+ transport and Na+ -K+ -ATPase activity in the thick ascending loop of Henle. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2007 Jun; 292(6):R2400-5.
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Sarmiento JM, Ehrenfeld P, A?azco CC, Reyes CE, Troncoso S, Figueroa CD, M?ller-Esterl W, Gonz?lez CB. Differential distribution of the vasopressin V receptor along the rat nephron during renal ontogeny and maturation. Kidney Int. 2005 Aug; 68(2):487-96.
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Simon DB, Bindra RS, Mansfield TA, Nelson-Williams C, Mendonca E, Stone R, Schurman S, Nayir A, Alpay H, Bakkaloglu A, Rodriguez-Soriano J, Morales JM, Sanjad SA, Taylor CM, Pilz D, Brem A, Trachtman H, Griswold W, Richard GA, John E, Lifton RP. Mutations in the chloride channel gene, CLCNKB, cause Bartter's syndrome type III. Nat Genet. 1997 Oct; 17(2):171-8.