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- Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
- Language: Farsi
- Document No: 49565 (08)
- University: Sharif University of Technology
- Department: Mechanical Engineering
- Advisor(s): Saeedi, Mohammad Saeed; Firoozbakhsh, Keikhosrow
- Abstract:
- The mathematical analysis of the kidney has always been considered due to its complex performance. It’s about two decades that mathematicians work on the mathematical modeling of this tissue. Since Glomerular filtration of blood in the kidney has been regarded by physiologists for many years, they can access only to the qualitative data. Mathematicians can solve this problem by numerical modeling. In this research, an engineering model is presented for the analysis of this capillary network by investigating in the different scientific fields such as, physiology, medicine, computer science and mathematics. There are two major renal autoregulatory mechanisms, the myogenic response and the tubuloglomerular feedbackThe myogenic reflex responds directly to pressure variation and is present throughout the vasculature in varying degrees, while the tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF) mechanism adjusts microvascular resistance and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) to maintain distal tubular NaCl delivery.The model of the myogenic response depends primarily on circumferential wall tension, corresponding to a distally dominant resistance distribution with the highest contributions localized to the afferent arterioles and interlobular arteries. The constrictive response is tempered by the vasodilatory influence of flow-induced NO. Experimental comparison with data from groups that inhibited the TGF mechanism showed that the model was able to accurately reproduce the characteristics of renal myogenic autoregulation. This myogenic model was coupled with a system of equations that represented both spatial and temporal changes in concentration of the filtrate in the tubular system of the nephrons and the corresponding resistance changes of the afferent arteriole via the TGF mechanism. Computer simulation results of the system response to pressure perturbations were examined, as well as the interaction between mechanisms and the modulatory influences of metabolic and hemodynamic factors on the steady state and transient characteristics of whole-organ renal autoregulation. The responses of the model were consistent with experimental data
- Keywords:
- Kidney ; Glomerul ; Nephron ; Tubulogelomerolar Feedback ; Autoregulation ; Macula Densa ; Afferent Arteriole ; Smooth Muscles Mechanic
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