Research Unit FOR 667
Epithelial Mechanisms in Renal Volume Regulation
Projects
Projects Overview
| No. | Title | Area of Expertise | Project Leader(s) |
| 1 |
cell biology, endo-cytosis, intracellular protein transport, transgenic animal models, renal physiology |
Thomas
Willnow |
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| 2 | Biology of the cation-chloride-cotransporter, thick ascending limb of Henle’s loop | Anatomy and cell biology, nephrology, epithelial transport | Sebastian
Bachmann |
| 3 | Identification and characterization of proteins controlling the transport of aquaporin-2 in renal principal cells | pharmacology, cell and molecular biology, biochemistry | Enno
Klußmann |
| 4 | Transcriptional regulation of epithelial differentiation in the kidney | Developmental biology, cell biology, nephrology | Kai
Schmidt-Ott
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| 5 | The role of the tubular renin-angiotensin and the kallikrein kinin systems in kidney function and hypertensive nephropathy | Generation of trans-genic
mice and rats and knockout mice Cardiovascular phe-notyping of animal models Cardiovascular hor-mones (angiotensin, bradykinin, seroto-nin) |
Michael
Bader
|
| 7 | Role
of ClC-5 and other vesicular CLC transporters in renal endocytosis and tubular transport |
Physiology, cell biology, molecular medicine, biophysics | Thomas
Jentsch
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| 8 | Dysfunction in epithelial sodium transport under proteinuric conditions | Anatomy and cell biology, nephrology, epithelial transport | Franziska
Theilig |
Core Facilities
| Multi
user group for transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron
microsocopy |
Ultrastructure immune electron microscopy |
Sebastian
Bachmann |
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| Confocal digital analysis | Anatomy, physiology | Dieter Blottner |
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| Z | Administrative office of the FOR 667 | Sebastian
Bachmann Coordinator of FOR 667 |