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Transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha) and other targets of tumor necrosis factor-alpha converting enzyme (TACE) in murine polycystic kidney disease.
Pediatric research - 1 May 2005
Nemo Raghad, Murcia Noel, Dell Katherine Macrae
Abstract excerpt
Transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) is abnormally expressed in autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD). Tumor necrosis factor-alpha converting enzyme (TACE), a metalloproteinase, mediates TGF-alpha processing. In this study, we sought to determine whether TGF-alpha was an absolute requirement for renal cystogenesis and whether its absence would modulate disease severity or related growth...
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