Vasculature

Evolution and chronic kidney disease

In "Cardiorenal Syndrome: An Evolutionary Point of View", Ito makes a number of very interesting observations about the evolutionary history of the mammalian kidney, and potential implications this might have for our organs' ability to cope with high salt intake, obesity, and a sedentary lifestyle. A teleological perspective of the renal architecture is also introduced, and serves to illustrate hypotheses concerning the localisation of vascular damage ("strain vessels") and ischemic injuries. Finally, the article is exceptionally concise and clear, without sacrificing detail for brevity.

Distribution of SNGFR in the cortex

Juxta-medullary nephrons are consistently found to have higher filtration rates than superficial nephrons. Is this due to the underlying anatomy of the cortical radial artery, from which the juxta-medullary afferent arterioles branch before the superficial arterioles? Is it due to anatomical differences in the glomeruli, such as length, surface area or permeability? Or is it perhaps a matter of differences in the regulation of glomerular blood flow?

Renal vasculature

Bearing the plain title of Renal Circulation (2011), this review article provides great detail about renal microcirculation and autoregulation. It's probably just as useful for the references as for the actual content.

Update: I didn't realise that this is a chapter from Handbook of Physiology that is now available as part of [Comprehensive Physiology](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/cphy, and that this body of work is being regularly updated.