Pollock Jennifer S, Ryan Michael J, Samson Willis K, Brooks David P
Cardio-Renal Physiology and Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama;
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi;
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2014 Sep 1;307(5):R481-3. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00246.2014. Epub 2014 Jul 16.
The American Physiological Society officially recognized the area of research in Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis (WEH) over 30 years ago when the Section of WEH was established. This minireview illuminates the importance of WEH research to the physiology community. By the narrowest definition, WEH research studies the regulation of body fluids; however, this research area is much broader and more relevant today than when this subdiscipline was first recognized because of the translational and systemic "point of view" of WEH research. This minireview highlights how WEH research serves as a balanced force between the full range of other more traditional organ-based physiological and pathophysiological concepts. The breadth of research in which WEH investigators engage is on full display with the publication of minireviews from the annual Data Diuresis session at Experimental Biology.
30多年前,当水与电解质平衡(WEH)研究小组成立时,美国生理学会正式认可了水与电解质平衡领域的研究。这篇小型综述阐述了WEH研究对生理学领域的重要性。从最狭义的定义来看,WEH研究探讨的是体液的调节;然而,由于WEH研究的转化性和系统性“视角”,如今这个研究领域比该子学科首次被认可时要广泛得多,也更具相关性。这篇小型综述强调了WEH研究如何在所有其他更传统的基于器官的生理学和病理生理学概念之间起到平衡作用。WEH研究人员所从事的研究广度,在《实验生物学》年度利尿数据会议上发表的小型综述中得到了充分展示。