supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG)grants(No.GU 447/14-1,14-2 to DG,PI 837/4-1,4-2 to JP,and(No.HA 6908/2-1 to JH,respectively);by Else Kroner-Fresenius-Stiftung grant(No.2016_A52 to JH);JH receives additional funding from the DFG(No.6908/3-1);CB is an employee of Limbach and holds a part-time faculty appointment at the University of Freiburg;His research laboratory receives support from the DFG(No.BE 3910/8-1 and BE 3910/9-1);from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research(BMBF,No.01GM1903I and 01GM1903G).
Formation of claudin-10 based tight junctions(TJs)is paramount to paracellular Na+transport in multiple epithelia.Sequence variants in CLDN10 have been linked to HELIX syndrome,a salt-losing tubulopathy with altered h...
BACKGROUND The recommended monitoring tools for evaluating nucleot(s)ide analogue renal toxicity,such as estimated glomerular filtration rate(eGFR)and phosphatemia,are late markers of proximal tubulopathy.Multiple ear...
Gitelman's syndrome(GS) is a salt-losing tubulopathy with an autosomal recessive inheritance caused by mutations of SLC12A3, which encodes for the thiazidesensitive Na Cl cotransporter. In this study we report a new m...
Hypokalemia is among the most common electrolyte disorders in clinical practice and severe condition is life-threatening and has received extensive attention in clinical practice. Genetic diagnosis remains the gold st...
Hypokalemic acidosis can complicate a primary Sjögren’s syndrome. The clinical feature is rarely revealed by manifestations due to hypokalemia. We report the case of a 46-year-old woman, admitted to explore a pa...