Tag Archives: acid-base metabolism

Proton Receptors and Acid Excretion

Deletion of the pH Sensor GPR4 Decreases Renal Acid Excretion is a study published bu Sun, et al in the October  2010 Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. “Proton receptors are G protein-coupled receptors that accept protons as ligands and function as pH sensors. One of the proton receptors, GPR4, is relatively abundant in…


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Southern Society for Clinical Investigation

New Orleans Saturday February 23, 2008 Powerpoint Presentation will be posted later 2:25 State-of-the-Art Speaker CURRENT CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES IN TREATMENT OF METABOLIC ACIDOSIS. Neil A. Kurtzman, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center


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