Renal cell-to-cell communication via extracellular ATP #MMPMID15772296
Komlosi P; Fintha A; Bell PD
Physiology (Bethesda) 2005[Apr]; 20 (ä): 86-90 PMID15772296show ga
In the kidney, macula densa cells communicate with the mesangial cell-afferent arteriolar smooth muscle cell complex through ATP signaling. This signaling process involves release of ATP across the macula densa basolateral membrane through a maxi anion channel and the interaction of ATP with purinergic P2 receptors.