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Mutations in INVS encoding inversin cause nephronophthisis type 2, linking renal cystic disease to the function of primary cilia and left-right axis determination.
Nature genetics - 1 Aug 2003
Otto Edgar A, Schermer Bernhard, Obara Tomoko, O'Toole John F, Hiller Karl S, Mueller Adelheid M, Ruf Rainer G, Hoefele Julia, Beekmann Frank, Landau Daniel, Foreman John W, Goodship Judith A, Strachan Tom, Kispert Andreas, Wolf Matthias T, Gagnadoux Marie F, Nivet Hubert, Antignac Corinne, Walz Gerd, Drummond Iain A, Benzing Thomas, Hildebrandt Friedhelm
Abstract excerpt
Nephronophthisis (NPHP), an autosomal recessive cystic kidney disease, leads to chronic renal failure in children. The genes mutated in NPHP1 and NPHP4 have been identified, and a gene locus associated with infantile nephronophthisis (NPHP2) was mapped. The kidney phenotype of NPHP2 combines clinical features of NPHP and polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Here, we identify inversin (INVS) as the gene mutated in...
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