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Kidney failure in mice lacking the tetraspanin CD151.
The Journal of cell biology - 9 Oct 2006
Sachs Norman, Kreft Maaike, van den Bergh Weerman Marius A, Beynon Andy J, Peters Theo A, Weening Jan J, Sonnenberg Arnoud
Abstract excerpt
The tetraspanin CD151 is a cell-surface molecule known for its strong lateral interaction with the laminin-binding integrin alpha3beta1. Patients with a nonsense mutation in CD151 display end-stage kidney failure associated with regional skin blistering and sensorineural deafness, and mice lacking the integrin alpha3 subunit die neonatally because of severe abnormalities in the lung and kidney epithelia. We...
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