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Renal phenotype is exacerbated in Os and lpr double mutant mice.
Kidney international - 1 Sept 2004
Jarad George, Lakhe-Reddy Sujata, Blatnik Jeffrey, Koepke Morgan, Khan Shenaz, El-Meanawy M Ashraf, O'Connor Andrew S, Sedor John R, Schelling Jeffrey R
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BACKGROUND: ROP-Os/+ mice are born with oligosyndactyly and oligonephronia and develop renal dysfunction, which includes renal tubular epithelial cell (RTC) Fas-dependent apoptosis and tubular atrophy. MRL/lpr mice harbor a Fas-inactivating mutation and develop glomerulonephritis, whereas mice ex...
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