Dr. Michael Brian Hovater M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
619 19th St S Birmingham AL, 35249About
Dr. Michael Hovater is a nephrologist practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Hovater specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Hovater most typically treats conditions like kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure, polycystuc kidney disease, high blood pressure and more. Nephrologists are also experts on kidney transplantation and dialysis. They are usually referred to by primary care physicians for problems related to the kidneys, and while they can perform tests to diagnose kidney disorders, they do not perform surgeries.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Intraluminal autocrine purinergic signaling within cysts: implications for the progression of diseases that involve encapsulated cyst formation.
- Loss of apical monocilia on collecting duct principal cells impairs ATP secretion across the apical cell surface and ATP-dependent and flow-induced calcium signals.
- Purinergic signaling in the lumen of a normal nephron and in remodeled PKD encapsulated cysts.
- Effect of dietary salt on regulation of TGF-β in the kidney.
- Nitric oxide and carbon monoxide antagonize TGF-β through ligand-independent internalization of TβR1/ALK5.
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