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Glomerular filtration represents one of the basic mechanisms in the function of an organism. Our understanding of this process is still quite fragmentary. Regulation of blood flow and pressure, together with regulation of the ultrafiltration coefficient (which is an attribute of the filtration barrier), are the two fundamental mechanisms accounting for maintenance and adaptability of glomerular filtration. Regulation of glomerular blood flow is generally considered to result from an interplay between afferent and efferent glomerular arterioles, and much progress has been made recently in understanding this interplay (Navar et al. 1996).
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Elger, M., Sakai, T., Kriz, W. (1998). Introduction. In: The Vascular Pole of the Renal Glomerulus of Rat. Advances in Anatomy Embryology and Cell Biology, vol 139. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80449-6_1
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