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Endocrine Regulation of Potassium Transport

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Endocrine Regulation of Electrolyte Balance

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Consideration of hormonal effects on renal potassium excretion not only provides useful information about the site and mechanism of tubular action of specific hormones, but also helps to assign a specific role to endocrine factors in maintaining potassium balance in physiological and pathophysiological conditions. In the following we shall analyze recent work in the renal tubular action of mineralo- and glucocorticoids, of antidiuretic hormone, and of catecholamines. Common to the action of these hormones is their simultaneous effect on more than one mechanism known to modulate potassium transport. Hence, for a full understanding of their renal effects, it is necessary to separate interacting influences and to evaluate several components of the potassium transport system independently. Such an approach is made possible by application of micropuncture and microperfusion techniques at the single nephron level, and has allowed an incisive analysis of the individual transport components by which hormones exert their effect on renal potassium handling.

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Giebisch, G. (1986). Endocrine Regulation of Potassium Transport. In: Krück, F., Thurau, K. (eds) Endocrine Regulation of Electrolyte Balance. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71405-4_10

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