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SUBMITTER: Sequeira-Lopez ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2831866 | biostudies-other | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Sequeira-Lopez Maria Luisa S ML Weatherford Eric T ET Borges Giulianna R GR Monteagudo Maria C MC Pentz Ellen S ES Harfe Brian D BD Carretero Oscar O Sigmund Curt D CD Gomez R Ariel RA
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20100107 3
Juxtaglomerular cells are highly specialized myoepithelioid granulated cells located in the glomerular afferent arterioles. These cells synthesize and release renin, which distinguishes them from other cells. How these cells maintain their identity, restricted localization, and fate is unknown and is fundamental to the control of BP and homeostasis of fluid and electrolytes. Because microRNAs may control cell fate via temporal and spatial gene regulation, we generated mice with a conditional del ...[more]