BlogHide Resteemssecondmedicalop (53)in health • 5 years agoRenal Tubular Transport #22. S1 Segment, Proximal Tubule. Organic Cation Transport 1The original post was placed in HIVE. Click here to find it. This post is showing the transport of organic cations. In the basolateral membrane: The Na/K ATPase, which brings 2 potassium…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoRenal Tubular Transport #21. S1 Segment, Proximal Tubule. Urea Transport 1This post is showing the urea transport in the S1 segment of the proximal tubule. 50% of the filtered urea is reabsorbed in the proximal tubule. the mechanism of the reabsorption at this level is…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoCalcium Oxalate Kidney Stones For Everyone. #5. Signs and Symptoms of Calcium Oxalate StonesSigns and Symptoms of Calcium Oxalate Stones The symptoms of calcium oxalate stones vary from being totally subclinical to extremely severe abdominal or flank pain. The pain sometimes is…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoToday's Human Body Molecule #17: MyoglobinMolecular weight: 16.7 kilodaltons 153 aminoacids Myoglobin is an iron containing, oxygen carrier molecule. It is present in skeletal and cardiac muscle. This molecule gives thte characteristic…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoRenal Tubular Transport #20. S1 Segment, Proximal Tubule. Uric Acid Transport 1This post is showing the uric acid transport in the S1 segment of the proximal tubule. This part of the tubule is mainly reabsorbtive In the basolateral membrane, GLUT9 is in charge of…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoCalcium Oxalate Kidney Stones For Everyone. #4. What Happens When Someone has Calcium Oxalate Stones?What Happens when Someone has Calcium Oxalate Stones? Calcium oxalate stones can be completely asymptomatic. This means that they can exist in the kidneys and never pass through the ureters…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoToday's Human Body Molecule #16: Creatine Phosphokinase (CPK)Picture by Jfdwolff , under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license 84kDa CPK is an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of creatine into phosphocreatine using ATP. Phosphocreatine is utilized an an energy…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoRenal Tubular Transport #19. S1 Segment, Proximal Tubule. Anionic Amino Acid Transport 1This post is showing the anionic (acidic) aminoacid (aspartate, glutamate) transport. In the basolateral membrane: The Na/K ATPase, which brings 2 potassium ions into the cell and releases 3…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoToday's Human Body Molecule #15: Hemoglobin64kDa Hemoglobin is a metalloprotein which transports oxygen from oxygenation sites to the rest of the tissues. Iron is part of the structure of the heme group and it is essential for the…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoRenal Tubular Transport #18. S1 Segment, Proximal Tubule. Cationic Amino Acid Transport 1This post is showing the cationic (basic) aminoacid (histidine, lysine, arginine) transport. In the basolateral membrane: The Na/K ATPase, which brings 2 potassium ions into the cell and…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoCalcium Oxalate Kidney Stones For Everyone. #3. How Common Are Calcium Oxalate Kidney Stones?How Common Are Calcium Oxalate Kidney Stones? Having kidney stones is very common. The prevalence of kidney stones is 8.8%, being 10.6% in males and 7.1% in females. Kidney stones are more common…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoCalcium Oxalate Kidney Stones For Everyone. #2D. What Causes Calcium Oxalate Kidney Stones?Increased Conditions Favoring Crystallization of Calcium Oxalate. There are several situations that favor the crystallization of calcium oxalate, leading to renal stones. Decreased water intake…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoClinical and Pathological Analysis of the Kidney in Patients with Hypertensive NephropathyThis article is an article which evaluates the pathological characteristics in various patients with clinical hypertensive nephropathy. Chronic benign hypertensive patients exhibited benign…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoRenal Tubular Transport #17. S1 Segment, Proximal Tubule. Neutral Amino Acid Transport 1This post is showing the neutral aminoacid transport. In the basolateral membrane: The Na/K ATPase, which brings 2 potassium ions into the cell and releases 3 sodium ions into the interstitial…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoCalcium Oxalate Kidney Stones For Everyone. #2C. What Causes Calcium Oxalate Kidney Stones?Increased Metabolic Production of Oxalate. Oxalate is produced as a metabolic product of vitamin C (ascorbic acid). About 10 mg per day are produced through this pathway, representing the…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoToday's Human Body Molecule #14: Renin37kDa (340 amino acids) Renin, also known as angiotensinogenase is an aspartic protease enzyme which cleaves angiotensinogen and yields the decapeptide angiotensin I. Pro-renin has also a receptor…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoToday's Human Body Molecule #13: Angiotensin IIMolecular weight: 1046 Formula: C50H71N13O12 Angiotensin II is an 8 amino acid peptide formed after the cleaving of 2 amino acids from angiotensin I by the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoRenal Autoregulation in Health and DiseaseThis article is a review article which describes the mechanisms of renal pressure autoregulation. Specifically it describes the myogenic response and a macula densa - tubuloglomerular feedback…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoRenal Tubular Transport #16. S1 Segment, Proximal Tubule. Organic Anion Transport 1This post is showing the organic anion transport. The Na/K ATPase, which brings 2 potassium ions into the cell and releases 3 sodium ions into the interstitial space. The…secondmedicalop (53)in hive-163521 • 5 years agoToday's Human Body Molecule #12: AldosteroneMolecular weight: 360 Formula: C21H28O5 Aldosterone is a mineralocorticoid hormone, involved in the handling of sodium and potassium, in the regulation of blood pressure and blood volume. It is…
