Bernadette Olivès

TL;DR: expression studies in Xenopus oocytes demonstrated that HUT11 mediates a facilitated urea transport that was inhibited, as described in mammalian erythrocytes, by very low concentrations of phloretin, p-chloromercuribenzene sulfonate, and urea analogues.

TL;DR: expression studies in Xenopusoocytes demonstrated that the truncated proteins encoded by the spliced transcripts did not mediate a facilitated urea transport compared with the wild type Kidd/urea transporter protein and were not expressed on the oocyte's plasma membrane.

TL;DR: Findings indicate that the erythrocyte urea transporter is encoded by the Kidd locus and may have implications for the biology of urea transporters and their tissue-specific regulation.

TL;DR: It is concluded that endothelial cells of medullary vasa recta express HUT11, a specific urea transporter, which may play a role in urea recycling within the kidney and in the mechanisms of urinary concentration and urea excretion.

TL;DR: Functional expression studies in Xenopus oocytes demonstrated that HUT2‐mediated urea transport was not inhibited by p‐chloromercuribenzene sulfonate (pCMBS), which inhibited the urea flux mediated by HUT11.