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Nephrin plays an essential role in maintaining normal glomerular permeability by preventing severe proteinuria when absent. The Tamm-Horsfall protein secreted by the thick ascending limb cells may help defend against pathogens in the urinary system. The kidneys only have sympathetic innervation and lack parasympathetic fibers, with sympathetic stimulation causing vasoconstriction and increasing sodium reabsorption and renin secretion. Glomerular filtration rate and renal plasma flow are indirectly increased

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Brett Fields

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