Mutant Brown-Norway-Katholiek (muBN-Ka) rats are capable of producing kininogens in the liver, but cannot release them into the bloodstream, because of the point mutation of Ala163 to Thr in the ...

Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) find that the secretion of uromodulin protein into urine can be induced by treatments that may protect against urinary tract infections and ...

The normal function of uromodulin, a protein that is made in the kidney and secreted into the urine, remains largely unknown. However, higher levels of uromodulin in the urine are related to lower ...

The urinary system helps maintain the volume and chemical composition of fluids in the body. One of the main organs in the system are the kidneys, which filter waste products out of the body through ...

IN a previous report 1 metabolic studies were presented on 2 patients with bronchogenic carcinoma and normal renal and adrenal function, who were found to have severe hyponatremia with renal sodium ...