Tamm-Horsfall Protein (THP) is a 95 kD glycoprotein which is secreted in the thick ascending loop of Henle (TALH) of the kidney. After renal tubular damage the secretion of THP is reduced. In diabetes mellitus (DM), TALH has not been studied. To differentiate between glomerular (albumin), proximal
The present study was designed to evaluate the protective effect of some local medicinal plants against liver and kidney toxicity induced by cadmium chloride. Methanolic extracts of Acacia nilotica and Retama raetam were used in this study. Furthermore, histopathological and histochemical
A family of homologous genes is shown to encode GP-2, the major glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-linked glycoprotein of pancreatic zymogen granule membranes, and Tamm-Horsfall protein (THP), a GPI-linked glycoprotein associated with apical vesicles in kidney thick ascending limb of Henle (TALH)
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