title: Renal cell-to-cell communication via extracellular ATP.
abstract: In the kidney, macula densa cells communicate with the mesangial cell-afferent arteriolar smooth muscle cell complex through ATP signaling. This signaling process involves release of ATP across the macula densa basolateral membrane through a maxi anion channel and the interaction of ATP with purinergic P2 receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. pkomlosi@uab.edu
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Komlosi
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fintha
authors.forename: P Darwin
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000502:physiology*; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate