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Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus in mice caused by deleting COOH-terminal tail of aquaporin-2.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology - 1 May 2007
Shi Peijun P, Cao Xiao R, Qu Jing, Volk Ken A, Kirby Patricia, Williamson Roger A, Stokes John B, Yang Baoli
Abstract excerpt
In mammals, the hormonal regulation of water homeostasis is mediated by the aquaporin-2 water channel (Aqp2) of the collecting duct (CD). Vasopressin induces redistribution of Aqp2 from intracellular vesicles to the apical membrane of CD principal cells, accompanied by increased water permeability. Mutations of AQP2 gene in humans cause both recessive and dominant nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI), a disease...
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