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No evidence for AT2R gene derangement in human urinary tract anomalies.
Kidney international - 1 Apr 2001
Hiraoka M, Taniguchi T, Nakai H, Kino M, Okada Y, Tanizawa A, Tsukahara H, Ohshima Y, Muramatsu I, Mayumi M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It has been recently found that mice, especially males, with a disrupted angiotensin type 2 receptor (AT2R) gene, which is located on the X-chromosome, often have a range of congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT), including renal hypoplasia, and that Caucasian ma...
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