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Insight into the physiological function(s) of uteroglobin by gene-knockout and antisense-transgenic approaches.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Jan 2000
Zhang Z, Kundu G C, Zheng F, Yuan C J, Lee E, Westphal H, Ward J, DeMayo F, Mukherjee A B
Abstract excerpt
To determine the physiological function(s) of uteroglobin (UG), a steroid-inducible, homodimeric, secreted protein, we have generated transgenic mice that either are completely UG-deficient due to UG gene-knockout (UG-KO) or are partially UG-deficient due to the expression of UG antisense RNA (UG-AS). Both the UG-KO and UG-AS mice develop immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy (IgAN), characterized by microhematuria,...
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