"Kidney Tubules, Proximal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The renal tubule portion that extends from the BOWMAN CAPSULE in the KIDNEY CORTEX into the KIDNEY MEDULLA. The proximal tubule consists of a convoluted proximal segment in the cortex, and a distal straight segment descending into the medulla where it forms the U-shaped LOOP OF HENLE.
| Descriptor ID |
D007687
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.810.453.736.560.570
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| Concept/Terms |
Kidney Tubules, Proximal- Kidney Tubules, Proximal
- Kidney Tubule, Proximal
- Proximal Kidney Tubules
- Tubule, Proximal Kidney
- Tubules, Proximal Kidney
- Proximal Renal Tubule
- Proximal Renal Tubules
- Renal Tubule, Proximal
- Renal Tubules, Proximal
- Tubule, Proximal Renal
- Tubules, Proximal Renal
- Proximal Kidney Tubule
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Kidney Tubules, Proximal" by people in Profiles.
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Expression of inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor and tumor necrosis factor-stimulated gene 6 in renal proximal tubular epithelial cells. Kidney Int. 2001 Jul; 60(1):126-36.