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SUBMITTER: Hijmans RS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6421653 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hijmans Ryanne S RS van Londen Marco M Sarpong Kwaku A KA Bakker Stephan J L SJL Navis Gerjan J GJ Storteboom Twan T R TTR de Jong Wilhelmina H A WHA Pol Robert A RA van den Born Jacob J
Journal of translational medicine 20190318 1
<h4>Background</h4>Excess dietary sodium is not only excreted by the kidneys, but can also be stored by non-osmotic binding with glycosaminoglycans in dermal connective tissue. Such storage has been associated with dermal inflammation and lymphangiogenesis. We aim to investigate if skin storage of sodium is increased in kidney patients and if this storage is associated with clinical parameters of sodium homeostasis and dermal tissue remodeling.<h4>Methods</h4>Abdominal skin tissue of 12 kidney p ...[more]