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A mouse model of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease with biliary duct and proximal tubule dilatation.
Kidney international - 1 Aug 2007
Woollard J R, Punyashtiti R, Richardson S, Masyuk T V, Whelan S, Huang B Q, Lager D J, vanDeursen J, Torres V E, Gattone V H, LaRusso N F, Harris P C, Ward C J
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is caused by mutations in the polycystic kidney and hepatic disease (PKHD1) gene encoding the protein fibrocystin/polyductin. The aim of our study was to produce a mouse model of ARPKD in which there was no functional fibrocystin/polyductin to study the pathophysiology of cystic and fibrocystic disease in renal and non-renal tissues. Exon 2 of the gene was...
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