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Mutation analyses of Uroplakin II in children with renal tract malformations.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 1 Dec 2006
Jenkins Dagan, Bitner-Glindzicz Maria, Malcolm Sue, Allison Jennifer, de Bruyn Rose, Flanagan Sarah, Thomas David F M, Belk Rachel A, Feather Sally A, Bingham Coralie, Southgate Jennifer, Woolf Adrian S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Uroplakin (UP) proteins cover urothelial apical surfaces. Mice lacking UPIIIa have elevated urothelial permeability and congenital renal tract anomalies, and UPIIIa mutations have been reported in children with kidney and ureter malformations. Mice with null mutation of another UP fam...
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