CellWell record HH-13874
Mechanism of potassium adaptation.
Hayslett JP; Binder HJ
The American journal of physiology ยท 1982
In plain language
A review explains that chronic dietary potassium loading causes kidney and colon epithelial cells to increase Na-K-ATPase pump numbers and membrane area, boosting potassium secretion to prevent hyperkalemia, with similar adaptation occurring in chronic kidney insufficiency.
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