Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2012 Jul;21(4):404-9. doi: 10.1097/MNH.0b013e328354a6bd.
This review summarizes recent literature highlighting the roles of chemical and mechanical sensory receptors in renal function.
Both chemoreceptors and mechanoreceptors play important roles in renal physiology; here, we discuss specific examples of both chemoreceptors and mechanoreceptors in the kidney.
In order to maintain homeostasis, the kidney uses sensory receptors to assess the composition and rate of flow of the forming urine. Understanding the roles of these receptors will help us to better understand how the kidney functions both in health and in disease.
本文综述了近期文献，强调了化学和机械感觉受体在肾功能中的作用。
化学感受器和机械感受器在肾脏生理中都起着重要作用；在这里，我们讨论了肾脏中化学感受器和机械感受器的具体例子。
为了维持体内平衡，肾脏利用感觉受体来评估形成尿液的成分和流速。了解这些受体的作用将有助于我们更好地理解肾脏在健康和疾病中的功能。
