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Role of the angiotensin type 2 receptor gene in congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract, CAKUT, of mice and men.
Molecular cell - 1 Jan 1999
Nishimura H, Yerkes E, Hohenfellner K, Miyazaki Y, Ma J, Hunley T E, Yoshida H, Ichiki T, Threadgill D, Phillips J A, Hogan B M, Fogo A, Brock J W, Inagami T, Ichikawa I
Abstract excerpt
Angiotensin type 2 receptor gene null mutant mice display congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT). Various features of mouse CAKUT impressively mimic human CAKUT. Studies of the human type 2 receptor (AGTR2) gene in two independent cohorts found that a significant association...
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