Women's Health
Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University have provided new information about women's health
Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 11th, 2010
"The Na-K-2Cl cotransporter (NKCC2) regulates sodium transport along the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop and is important in control of sodium balance, renal concentrating ability and renin release. To determine if there are sex differences in NKCC2 abundance and/or distribution, and to evaluate the contribution of ovarian hormones to any such differences, we performed semiquantitative immunoblotting and immunoperoxidase immunohistochemistry for NKCC2 in the kidney of Sprague Dawley male, female and ovariectomized (OVX) rats with and without 17-beta estradiol or progesterone supplementation," investigators in the United States report.
"Intact females demonstrated...
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