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The polycystin-1 C-terminal fragment triggers branching morphogenesis and migration of tubular kidney epithelial cells.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Feb 2002
Nickel Christian, Benzing Thomas, Sellin Lorenz, Gerke Peter, Karihaloo Anil, Liu Zhen-Xiang, Cantley Lloyd G, Walz Gerd
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of either PKD1 or PKD2 cause autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, a syndrome characterized by extensive formation of renal cysts and progressive renal failure. Homozygous deletion of Pkd1 or Pkd2, the genes encoding polycystin-1 and polycystin-2, disrupt normal renal tubular differentiation in mice but do not affect the early steps of renal development. Here, we show that expression of the...
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