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. 2017 Feb 8;312(6):F925–F950. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00536.2016

Table 3.

Vessel permeabilities

OM/MR Vessels (R = 15 µm)
IMDVR (R = 15 µm)
IMAVR (R = 20 µm)
Tight Junction Cell Tight Junction Cell Tight Junction Cell
Pf. cm/s 1.67 0.06 1.50 0.06 13.33 0.05
RTLp, cm/s·mOsm 0.030 0.001 0.027 0.001 0.240 0.0009
σ(i) 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000 0.000 1.000
h(i), cm/s × 105
    Na 76 0 75 0 115 0
    K 112 0 111 0 169 0
    Cl 116 0 114 0 176 0
    HCO3 67 0 67 0 102 0
    H2CO3 84 130 83 130 127 130
    CO2 110 15,000 108 15,000 166 15,000
    HPO4 43 0 43 0 66 0
    H2PO4 50 0 50 0 76 0
    Urea 190 150 75 1 120 1
    NH3 120 1,500 118 1,500 182 1500
    NH4 113 0 111 0 170 0
    H 257 2,000 254 2,000 389 2,000
    HCO2 68 0 68 0 104 0
    H2CO2 81 0 80 0 122 0
    Glucose 38 0 38 0 58 0

Composite vessel permeabilities are computed as sums of TJ and Cell values:

PfCS=PfTJ+PfCell;
PfCSσCS(i)=PfTJσTJ(i)+PfCellσCell(i);
hCS(i)=hTJ(i)+hCell(i).