March 27, 2015Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology107 citations
View Full PaperPhysiology of the Renal Interstitium
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Abstract
Long overlooked as the virtual compartment and then strictly characterized through descriptive morphologic analysis, the renal interstitium has finally been associated with function. With identification of interstitial renin- and erythropoietin-producing cells, the most prominent endocrine functions of the kidney have now been attributed to the renal interstitium. This article reviews the functional role of renal interstitium.