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Disease-associated mutations affect intracellular traffic and paracellular Mg2+ transport function of Claudin-16.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Apr 2006
Kausalya P Jaya, Amasheh Salah, Günzel Dorothee, Wurps Henrik, Müller Dominik, Fromm Michael, Hunziker Walter
Abstract excerpt
Claudin-16 (Cldn16) is selectively expressed at tight junctions (TJs) of renal epithelial cells of the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop, where it plays a central role in the reabsorption of divalent cations. Over 20 different mutations in the CLDN16 gene have been identified in patients with familial hypomagnesemia with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis (FHHNC), a disease of excessive renal Mg2+ and Ca2+...
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