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State the reason for the difference in the concentration of glucose between the fluid in the kidney tubule and the urine.​

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The glomeruli filter from plasma approximately 180 grams of -glucose per day, all of which is reabsorbed through glucose transporter proteins that are present in cell membranes within the proximal tubules. If the capacity of these transporters is exceeded, glucose appears in the urine

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