In the kidney, the macula densa is an area of closely packed specialized cells lining the wall of the distal tubule where it touches the glomerulus. Specifically...
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Juxtaglomerular apparatus (section Macula densa)
The juxtaglomerular apparatus consists of three types of cells: the macula densa, in the distal straight tubule (thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle)...
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chloride concentration causes a basolateral release of adenosine from the macula densa cells. This initiates a cascade of events that ultimately brings GFR...
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Osmoreceptor (section Macula densa)
capillaries. The macula densa region of the kidney's juxtaglomerular apparatus is another modulator of blood osmolality. The macula densa responds to changes...
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stretch receptors in the vascular walls, or when stimulated by macula densa cells. Macula densa cells are located in the distal convoluted tubule, and stimulate...
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delivery of Na+ and Cl- to the macula densa. If a reduced NaCl concentration in the distal tubule is sensed by the macula densa, renin release by juxtaglomerular...
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Tubuloglomerular feedback Macula densa Malpighian corpuscle. Glomerulus. Renal corpuscle Peti-Peterdi, János; Harris, Raymond C. (2010). "Macula Densa Sensing and Signaling...
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ascending limb and the afferent arteriole. It contains three components: the macula densa, juxtaglomerular cells, and extraglomerular mesangial cells.: 404 Patients...
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concentration or a decreased filtrate flow rate that will stimulate the macula densa to signal the juxtaglomerular cells to release renin.[citation needed]...
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are sensed by the macula densa cells at the end of the ascending limb. When sodium levels are moderately increased, the macula densa releases ATP and reduces...
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