Abstract：
:Nitric oxide (NO) is a gaseous free radical that serves cell signaling, cellular energetics, host defense, and inflammatory functions in virtually all cells. In the kidney and vasculature, NO plays fundamental roles in the control of systemic and intrarenal hemodynamics, the tubuloglomerular feedback response, pressure natriuresis, release of sympathetic neurotransmitters and renin, and tubular solute and water transport. NO is synthesized from L-arginine by NO synthases (NOS). Because of its high chemical reactivity and high diffusibility, NO production by each of the 3 major NOS isoforms is regulated tightly at multiple levels from gene transcription to spatial proximity near intended targets to covalent modification and allosteric regulation of the enzyme itself. Many of these regulatory mechanisms have yet to be tested in renal cells. The NOS isoforms are distributed differentially and regulated in the kidney, and there remains some controversy over the specific expression of functional protein for the NOS isoforms in specific renal cell populations. Mice with targeted deletion of each of the NOS isoforms have been generated, and these each have unique phenotypes. Studies of the renal and vascular phenotypes of these mice have yielded important insights into certain vascular diseases, ischemic acute renal failure, the tubuloglomerular feedback response, and some mechanisms of tubular fluid and electrolyte transport, but thus far have been underexploited. This review explores the collective knowledge regarding the structure, regulation, and function of the NOS isoforms gleaned from various tissues, and highlights the progress and gaps in understanding in applying this information to renal and vascular physiology.
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Semin Nephroljournal_title
Seminars in nephrologyauthors
Kone BCdoi
10.1016/j.semnephrol.2004.04.002subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2004-07-01 00:00:00pages
299-315issue
4eissn
0270-9295issn
1558-4488pii
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24pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:The renal tubular epithelium maintains different sets of transport proteins in plasma membrane domains facing the lumenal and mucosal fluids and limits diffusion between these two compartments. This asymmetry is generated by directing transporters to the appropriate membrane domain, a process that requires both an int...
journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.semnephrol.2011.01.005
更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.semnephrol.2012.02.007
更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.semnephrol.2014.02.007
更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.semnephrol.2005.03.010
更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.semnephrol.2008.01.002
更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/snep.2002.2002.30434
更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.semnephrol.2005.01.011
更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Acute kidney injury (AKI) represents a common and devastating problem in clinical medicine. A major reason is the lack of early biomarkers for AKI, and hence an unacceptable delay in initiating therapy. Fortunately, the application of innovative technologies has uncovered several novel biomarkers. The most promising o...
journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.semnephrol.2008.05.010
更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.semnephrol.2015.03.003
更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.semnephrol.2012.07.012
更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.semnephrol.2017.05.013
更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.semnephrol.2004.09.015
更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Initially described in 1984, human immunodeficiency virus-associated nephropathy (HIVAN) has now become a common disease within the HIV-seropositive population. It is a focal segmental glomerulosclerosis causing rapid deterioration of renal function. It is the most common cause of chronic renal disease in HIV patients...
journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/snep.2003.50018
更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.semnephrol.2013.11.008
更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Neuroimmune interaction is an emerging concept, wherein the nervous system modulates the immune system and vice versa. This concept is gaining attention as a novel therapeutic target in various inflammatory diseases including acute kidney injury (AKI). Vagus nerve stimulation or treatment with pulsed ultrasound activa...
journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.semnephrol.2018.10.008
更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are interconnected syndromes that represent a global public health challenge. Organelles play essential roles in a vast range of cell functions, and their damage is related to several kidney diseases. Organelles launch the stress signal or trigger the stress r...
journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.semnephrol.2019.10.007
更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A number of conditions can contribute to the development of the anemia that inevitably occurs with end-stage renal disease. The primary ones are decreased production of erythropoietin (EPO), decreased response to EPO by the bone marrow, and shortened red cell survival. Dialysis improves hematocrit levels by reducing p...
journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Sonography has become integral to the evaluation and management of patients with renal disease. Although many of the procedures discussed in this issue are not feasible for all nephrologists, sonography clearly is. It is convenient and saves time, both for the physician and the patient, and the equipment is not expens...
journal_title：Seminars in nephrology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/snep.2002.31712
更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00
