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Quantitative trait loci modulate renal cystic disease severity in the mouse bpk model.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Jul 2000
Guay-Woodford Lisa M, Wright Christopher J, Walz Gerd, Churchill Gary A
Abstract excerpt
Numerous mouse models of polycystic kidney disease (PKD) have been described in which the mutant phenotypes closely resemble human PKD with regard to morphology, cyst localization, and disease progression. As in human PKD, genetic background affects the disease phenotype in mouse PKD models. Using experimental crosses, these modifying effects can be dissected into discrete genetic factors referred to as...
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