- The
juxtaglomerular apparatus (also
known as the
juxtaglomerular complex) is a
structure in the
kidney that
regulates the
function of each nephron, the...
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Juxtaglomerular cells (JG cells), also
known as
juxtaglomerular granular cells are
cells in the
kidney that synthesize, store, and
secrete the enzyme...
- and
finally into the
urinary bladder via the ureter.: 406–407 The
juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA) is a
specialized region ****ociated with the nephron...
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Juxtaglomerular cell
tumor (JCT, JGCT, also reninoma) is an
extremely rare
kidney tumour of the
juxtaglomerular cells, with
fewer than 100
cases reported...
- are part of the
juxtaglomerular apparatus,
along with the
macula densa cells of the
distal convoluted tubule and the
juxtaglomerular cells of the afferent...
-
microvessels of the
kidney from
specialized cells of the
juxtaglomerular apparatus—the
juxtaglomerular cells, in
response to
three stimuli: A
decrease in arterial...
- rate (GFR)
toward normal, and (2) it
increases renin release from the
juxtaglomerular cells of the
afferent and
efferent arterioles,
which are the major...
- and
systemic vascular resistance. When
renal blood flow is reduced,
juxtaglomerular cells in the
kidneys convert the
precursor prorenin (already present...
-
despite low
serum values,
increased plasma renin,
hyperplasia of the
juxtaglomerular apparatus on
kidney biopsy, and
careful exclusion of
diuretic abuse...
-
regulated by adenosine) sent to the
nearby juxtaglomerular cells of the
afferent arteriole,
causing the
juxtaglomerular cells to
release the
protease renin into...
