name	macula_densa
namespace	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de#
parent	 part_of_kidney 
label [en]	macula densa
speciesNo []	86
comment [de]	Lokalisation: im aufsteigenden Teil der Henle-Schleife am Übergang zum distalen Tubulus
label [de]	Zellen des juxtaglomerulären Apparates
ACC []	cy0048216
comment [en]	A group of modified epithelial cells in the distal convoluted tubule of the kidney that lie adjacent to the afferent arteriole just before it enters the glomerulus and control renin release by relaying information about the sodium concentration in the fluid passing through the convoluted tubule to the renin-producing juxtaglomerular cells of the afferent arteriole
organNo []	20009
label [med]	Macula densa
isPartOf	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/system#endocrine_system
isPartOf	juxtaglomerular_apparatus