Renal tubules can be affected by antibiotics at ... can also affect the loop of Henle and lead to a Bartter-like syndrome. In the collecting ducts, antibiotics can cause a diverse range of ...

Each human kidney has about 1 to 2 million filtering units called nephrons that help purify our blood and remove waste ...

Renal tubule epithelial cells can be oval to columnar ... [9] Casts are formed in the distal tubules and collecting ducts where Tamm–Horsfall proteins precipitate and entrap cells present ...

The kidney is a major site of organ damage ... and in some cases to much higher levels (>100-fold) in the distal tubule and collecting duct. These high intratubular concentrations, together ...

Elevated aldosterone stimulates sodium reabsorption in the cortical collecting duct as a backup mechanism ... the reabsorption of magnesium in the kidney tubules, resulting in low magnesium ...

For example, the connected nephron-tubule pairs remain disorganized ... the creation of the first kidney organoid system with real collecting ducts will allow scientists to further study diseases ...