# First person – Priyanka Mungara

## TL;DR

This paper discusses research on mice with a kidney disorder that affects acid and sodium balance, conducted by Priyanka Mungara during her graduate studies.

## Contribution

The study provides new insights into urinary sodium loss and collecting duct dysfunction in mice with distal renal tubular acidosis mutations.

## Key findings

- Mice with dRTA mutations showed disrupted collecting duct function.
- The study observed urinary sodium wasting in these mice.
- The findings contribute to understanding acid-base and sodium balance in dRTA.

## Abstract

First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Disease Models & Mechanisms, helping researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Priyanka Mungara is first author on ‘
Urinary sodium wasting and disrupted collecting duct function in mice with distal renal tubular acidosis mutations’, published in DMM. Priyanka conducted the research described in this article while an MSc physiology graduate student in Dr Emmanuelle Cordat's lab at University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, investigating acid-base and sodium balance in mice with distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA). She is now an MD student at University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.