Table 3.

Renal parameters in wild-type and RST knockout mice

	Wild Type	RST Knockout
Kidney wt, mg/g bw	5.8±0.2	6.5±0.5
GFR, µl · min⁻¹ · g bw⁻¹	9.4±1.0	9.1±0.4
Absolute renal fluid excretion, nl · min⁻¹ · g bw⁻¹	44±5	48±5
Absolute renal Na excretion, nmol · min⁻¹ · g bw⁻¹	3.2±0.8	3.2±0.7
Absolute renal K excretion, nmol · min⁻¹ · g bw⁻¹	7.4±0.9	9.3±1.0
Fractional renal fluid excretion, %	0.5±0.1	0.5±0.1
Fractional renal Na excretion, %	0.2±0.1	0.3±0.1
Fractional renal K excretion, %	20±4	24±2

Data are means ± SE of measurements in 5 each of wild-type and knockout mice. bw, Body weight; GFR, glomerular filtration rate.