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A loss-of-function model for cystogenesis in human autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease type 2.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Aug 1999
Torra R, Badenas C, San Millán J L, Pérez-Oller L, Estivill X, Darnell A
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is genetically heterogeneous, with at least three chromosomal loci (PKD1, PKD2, and PKD3) that account for the disease. Mutations in the PKD2 gene, on the long arm of chromosome 4, are expected to be responsible for approximately 15% of cases of ADPKD. Although ADPKD is a systemic disease, it shows a focal expression, because <1% of nephrons become cystic. A...
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