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Title

Seldin and Giebisch's the kidney : physiology & pathophysiology.

Publication

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, 2008.

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Additional Authors

• Alpern, Robert J.
• Herbert, Steven C.
• Seldin, Donald W., 1920-2018.
• Giebisch, Gerhard H.

Description

2 volumes (xxiii, 2871 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations; 29 cm

Alternative Title

Kidney

Subjects

• Kidneys > Physiology
• Pathologische fysiologie
• Water-electrolyte imbalances
• Water-electrolyte balance (Physiology)
• Kidney > physiology
• Fysiologie
• Kidneys > Diseases
• Kidney Diseases
• Nieren

Note

• Rev. ed. of: The kidney. 3rd ed. c2000.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Epithelial cell structure and polarity -- Mechanisms of ion transport across cell membranes and epithelia -- Renal ion-translocating ATPases: the P-type family -- The mammalian transporter families -- Mechanisms of water transport across cell membranes and epithelia -- Cell volume control -- Solute transport, energy consumption, and production in the kidney -- Electrophysiological analysis of transepithelial transport -- Exchange of fluid solutes across microvascular walls -- External balance of electrolytes acids and alkali -- Principles of cell signaling -- Scaffolding proteins in transport regulation -- The renin-angiotensin system -- Eicosanoids and the kidney -- Kinins and endothelin -- Adensoine in the kidney: physiological roles and mechanisms of biosynthesis -- Extracellular nucleotides and renal function -- Paracrine regulation of renal function by dompamine -- Uroguanylin and guanylin: endocrine link connecting the intestine and kidney for regulation of sodium balance -- Structural organization of the mammalian kidney -- Biophysical basis of glomerular filtration -- Function of the juxtaglomerular apparatus: control of glomerular hemodynamics and renin secretion -- Renal cortical and medullary microcirculations: structure and function -- Molecular and cellular mechanisms of kidney development -- Molecular and cellular mechanisms of glomerular capillary development -- Postnatal renal development -- Renal hyperplasia and hypertrophy: role of cell cycle regulatory proteins -- Epithelial Na+ channels -- Anion channels -- Sodium and chloride transport: proximal nephron -- Sodium chloride transport in the loop of henle, distal convoluted tubule, and collecting duct -- Mineralocorticoid action in the aldosterone-sensitive distal nephron -- Neural control of renal function -- Natriuretic hormones -- Classical and novel hormonal influences on renal tubular transport, and the emerging concept of intracrine regulation --
• Physiology and pathophysiology of sodium retention and wastage -- Physiology and pathophysiology of diuretic action -- Aquaporin water channels in mammalian kidney -- Thirst and vasopressin -- The urine concentrating mechanism and urea transporters -- Hyponatremia -- Hypernatremic states -- Polyuria and diabetes insipidus -- The molecular biology of renal potassium channels -- Expression, function, and regulation of the H+, K+-ATPase in the kidney -- Extrarenal potassium metabolism -- Regulation of potassium excretion -- Potassium deficiency -- Clinical disorders of hyperkalemia -- The effects of electrolyte disorders on excitable membranes -- Control of intracellular pH -- Sodium-coupled bicarbonate transporters -- The SLC4 anion exchanger gene family -- Cellular mechanisms of renal tubular acidification -- Chemoreceptors, breathing, and pH -- Renal ammonium ion production and excretion -- The acid-base effects of the contemporary Western diet: an evolutionary perspective -- Clinical syndromes of metabolic alkalosis -- Clinical syndromes of metabolic acidosis -- Respiratory alkalosis and acidosis -- Mechanisms and disorders of magnesium metabolism -- Calcium channels -- The calcium-sensing receptor -- Vitamin D -- Renal calcium metabolism -- The hormonal regulation of calcium metabolism -- Disorders of calcium metabolism -- Pathogenesis and treatment of nephrolithiasis --Proximal tubular handling of phosphate: Na/Pi-cotransporters and their regulation -- Clinical disturbances of phosphate homeostasis -- Glucose reabsorption in the kidney: glucosuria: molecular mechanism of Na+/glucose cotransport -- Amino acids, oligopeptides, and hyperaminoacidurias -- Organic anion and cation transporters in renal elimination of drugs -- Renal filtration, transport, and metabolism of albumin and albuminuria --
• Physiologic principles in the clinical evaluation of electolyte, water, and acid-base disorders -- Pathophysiology of acute kidney injury -- Ischemic renal disease -- Pathophysiology and pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy -- Renal failure in cirrhosis -- Obstructive uropathy -- Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and inherited cystic diseases -- Immunologic mechanisms of vasculitis -- Renal physiology and disease in pregnancy -- Immune-mediated and other glomerular diseases -- Genetic abnormalities in glomerular function -- Immunological mechanisms of interstitial disease -- Cellular mechanisms of drug nephotoxicity -- Role of glomerular pressure in progression -- Role of proteinuria in progression -- The inflammatory response to ischemic acute renal injury -- The role of dyslipidemias in the progression of chronic kidney disease -- Oxidants in progressive kidney disease -- Chronic kidney disease: pathophysiology and influence of dietary protein -- Management of calcium and bone disease in renal patients -- Hematopoiesis and the kidney -- Electrolyte disturbances in dialysis -- Homeostasis of solute and water by the transplanted kidney -- Disposition and dose requirements of drugs in renal insufficiency.

ISBN

• 9780120884889 (set : alk. paper)
• 0120884887 (set : alk. paper)
• 9780120884896 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
• 0120884895 (v. 1 : alk. paper)
• 9780120884902 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
• 0120884909 (v. 2 : alk. paper)

LCCN

2007926491

OCLC

• ocn190867204
• 190867204
• SCSB-5398753

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries