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Sustained cell proliferation of renal epithelial cells in mice with inv mutation.
Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms - 1 Oct 2006
Sugiyama Noriyuki, Yokoyama Takahiko
Abstract excerpt
A tubule system is an important component of the nephron, which is the structural and functional unit of the kidney. Expansion of renal tubules results in renal cysts. Hereditary forms of renal cystic diseases suggest that tubular size is determined genetically. The inv was discovered as a mutant with renal cysts and situs inversus. Inv/inv, inv deltaC::GFP (inv deltaC) mouse was created by the introduction of...
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