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Bigenic mouse models of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis involving pairwise interaction of CD2AP, Fyn, and synaptopodin.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 May 2006
Huber Tobias B, Kwoh Christopher, Wu Hui, Asanuma Katsuhiko, Gödel Markus, Hartleben Björn, Blumer Ken J, Miner Jeffrey H, Mundel Peter, Shaw Andrey S
Abstract excerpt
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is the most common primary glomerular diagnosis resulting in end-stage renal disease. Defects in several podocyte proteins have been implicated in the etiology of FSGS, including podocin, alpha-actinin-4, CD2-associated protein (CD2AP), and TRPC6. Despite our growing understanding of genes involved in the pathogenesis of focal segmental sclerosis, the vast majority of...
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