tubule
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tubule
1670–80; < Latin tubulus, equivalent to tub ( us ) pipe + -ulus -ule
Example Sentences
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The researchers were able to efficiently differentiate the hiPSCs into the kidney proximal tubule, the type of nephron in the kidney that is impaired in infantile cystinosis, as well as in other kidney diseases.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023
The findings are applicable to other kidney diseases where the renal proximal tubule is damaged, including acute kidney injury that can lead to chronic kidney disease and renal failure, and can be fatal.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023
"Although these markers were expressed in both the normal and the cystinosis-derived hiPSCs, the genesis of the tubule was impaired in the cystinosis-derived cells, mimicking what happens in infantile cystinosis."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023
Once the efferent arteriole exits the glomerulus, it forms the peritubular capillary network, which surrounds and interacts with parts of the renal tubule.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
A single aperture surrounded by a crater-like depression in the cellular coat and provided with a foraminal tubule resembling an inverted bottle in shape.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale
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