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Recent advances suggest that macula densa cells sense various chemical and metabolic signals in the tubular environment, in addition to salt, to directly trigger renin release.
This review highlights that macula densa cells act as complex sensors for various chemical and metabolic signals beyond just salt to regulate renin release and body fluid homeostasis.
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Macula densa cells in the distal nephron, according to the classic paradigm, are salt sensors that generate paracrine chemical signals in the juxtaglomerular apparatus to control vital kidney functions, including renal blood flow, glomerular filtration, and renin release. Renin is the rate-limiting step in the activation of the renin-angiotensin system, a key modulator of body fluid homeostasis. Here, we discuss recent advances in understanding macula densa sensing and suggest these cells, in addition to salt, also sense various chemical and metabolic signals in the tubular environment that directly trigger renin release.
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Peti‐Peterdi et al. (2010) conducted a review in Renin release and macula densa sensing. Recent advances suggest that macula densa cells sense various chemical and metabolic signals in the tubular environment, in addition to salt, to directly trigger renin release.
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