Renal nitrogen metabolism primarily involves urea and ammonia metabolism, and is
essential to normal health. Urea is the largest circulating pool of nitrogen, excluding nitrogen …

Morphogenesis, homeostasis, and regeneration of epithelial tissues rely on the accurate
orientation of cell divisions, which is specified by the mitotic spindle axis. To remain in the …

Sulfatides are found in brain as components of myelin, oligodendrocytes, and neurons but
are also present in various visceral tissues. Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is an …

Background Advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with the development of
renal metabolic acidosis. Metabolic acidosis per se may represent a trigger for progression …

Remarkably little is known about nitrogenous excretion in freshwater invertebrates. In the
current study, the nitrogen excretion mechanism in the carnivorous ribbon leech …

Constancy of the milieu interieur is critically important for Metazoan organisms because the
cells can only live within a narrow range of physicochemical conditions necessary for proper …

The kidney is one of the main organs that produces ammonia and release it into the
circulation. Under normal conditions, between 30 and 50% of the ammonia produced in the …

THE GLYCOSYLATION SIGNATURE OF HUMAN URINARY EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES A thesis
submitted to the National University of Ireland in Page 1 THE GLYCOSYLATION SIGNATURE OF …