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2 unusual facts about Na-K-Cl cotransporter


Loop of Henle

:Sodium (Na+), potassium (K+) and chloride (Cl-) ions are reabsorbed from the urine by secondary active transport by a Na-K-Cl cotransporter (NKCC2).

Na-K-Cl cotransporter

Put another way, increasing internal chloride concentration increases the reversal potential for chloride, given by the Nernst equation.



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