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A new protein, named paracellin 1 (PCLN-1), expressed in human thick ascending limb (TAL) tight junctions, possibly plays a critical role in the control of magnesium and calcium reabsorption, since mutations of PCLN-1 are present in the hypomagnesemia hypercalciuria syndrome (HHS). However, no functional experiments have demonstrated that TAL magnesium and calcium reabsorption were actually impaired in patients with HHS.
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Département de Physiologie et Radio-Isotopes, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, INSERM U356, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 58, Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Hôpital Universitaire Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. blanch@ccr.jussieu.fr
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