Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: a non-invasive probe of kidney metabolism and function

Autor: Peta J. D. Foxall, Jeremy K. Nicholson
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Experimental nephrology. 6(5)
ISSN: 1018-7782
Popis: Major advances in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic methods and technology have led to the increased use of this technique to study kidney metabolism and function. These studies include: (1) the identification of organic osmolytes in the renal medulla and their role as potential markers of medullary development and damage; (2) changes in renal epithelial cell organic solute transport, such as autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, and (3) the biochemical heterogeneity of the nephron and identification of markers of site-specific renal damage in experimental animals and man. The present review summarises these data with the aim of demonstrating how NMR can be used as an indirect, and non-invasive probe of homeostatic mechanisms in vivo and in vitro.
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