Sofia Andreassi

Basolateral transport of the fluorescent organic cation tetramethylammonium by insect renal tubules

Organic cations (OCs) include a diverse class of endogenous metabolites and xenobiotics whose excretion is essential for animal homeostasis. The vast majority of insects the Malpighian tubules (MTs), hindgut and midgut serve as the primary epithelial organs responsible for OC exc...