-MSH prevents impairment in renal function and dysregulation of AQPs and Na-K-ATPase in rats with bilateral ureteral obstruction

Chunling Li, Yimin Shi, Weidong Wang, Chrysanthi Sardeli, Tae-Hwan Kwon, Klaus Thomsen, Thomas Jonassen, Jens Christian Djurhuus, Mark A. Knepper, Søren Nielsen, and Jørgen Frøkiær The Water and Salt Research Center, Institute of Clinical Medicine, and Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, Aarhus; Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea; Department of Biological Psychiatry, Institute for Basic Psychiatric Research, Risskov; Department of Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen; Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte Metabolism, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; and Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital-Skejby, Aarhus N, Denmark