The kidney plays a fundamental role in maintaining body salt and fluid balance and blood
pressure homeostasis through the actions of its proximal and distal tubular segments of …

Stockand, James D., and Steven C. Sansom. Glomerular Mesangial Cells: Electrophysiology
and Regulation of Contraction. Physiol. Rev. 78: 723–744, 1998.—Mesangial cells are …

Vol. 117, No. 3, 1983 BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
December 28. 1983 Pages 859-865 The amino acid sequenc Page 1 Vol. 117, No. 3, 1983 …

Studies were performed in anesthetized dogs (n= 5) to determine the effects of synthetic
atrial natriuretic factor on renal function and renin release. Intrarenal infusion of synthetic …

T HE SEARCH for natriuretic hormones or factors by studies of negative pressure breathing,
atrial distension experiments, head-out water immersion, expansion of blood volume …

Mammalian atrial extracts possess natriuretic and diuretic activity. In experiments reported
here it was found that atrial, but not ventricular, extract also causes relaxation of isolated …

alpha-Human atrial natriuretic peptide, a 28-amino-acid-residue peptide, was rapidly
hydrolysed by pig kidney microvillar membranes in vitro, with a t1/2 of 8 min, comparable …

The hypothesis that an increase in blood volume results in the release of an atrial natriuretic
factor (ANF) via atrial stretch was examined using an isolated rat heart-lung preparation. The …

Since mammalian atria were recently found to contain vasoactive and natriuretic peptides,
we investigated the following in normal humans: plasma human atrial natriuretic peptide …

Auriculin is a potent vasoactive and natriuretic peptide that was recently isolated and
purified from rat atrial tissue. Since this peptide could be of great importance for renal …