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...

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)...

chloride concentration causes a basolateral release of adenosine from the macula densa cells. This initiates a cascade of events that ultimately brings GFR...

capillaries. The macula densa region of the kidney's juxtaglomerular apparatus is another modulator of blood osmolality. The macula densa responds to changes...

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...

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...

Tubuloglomerular feedback Macula densa Malpighian corpuscle. Glomerulus. Renal corpuscle Peti-Peterdi, János; Harris, Raymond C. (2010). "Macula Densa Sensing and Signaling...

ascending limb and the afferent arteriole. It contains three components: the macula densa, juxtaglomerular cells, and extraglomerular mesangial cells.: 404  Patients...

concentration or a decreased filtrate flow rate that will stimulate the macula densa to signal the juxtaglomerular cells to release renin.[citation needed]...

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...