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Abstract
The kidney adjusts net acid excretion to match production with exquisite precision, despite little or no change in the plasma bicarbonate concentration. The acid-sensing pathway that signals the kidney to increase acid secretion involves activation of the proto-oncogene c-Src. A new study in this issue shows that proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2 (Pyk2) is responsible for acid-induced activation of c-Src and is essential for acid sensing in renal epithelial cells. The findings implicate a broader role for Pyk2 in acid-base homeostasis in bone and other tissues beyond the kidney.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15599393 PMCID: PMC535075 DOI: 10.1172/JCI23864
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Invest ISSN: 0021-9738 Impact factor: 14.808