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A critical developmental switch defines the kinetics of kidney cyst formation after loss of Pkd1.
Nature medicine - 1 Dec 2007
Piontek Klaus, Menezes Luis F, Garcia-Gonzalez Miguel A, Huso David L, Germino Gregory G
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease is an important cause of end-stage renal disease, for which there is no proven therapy. Mutations in PKD1 (the gene encoding polycystin-1) are the principal cause of this disease. The disease begins in utero and is slowly progressive, but it is not known whether cystogenesis is an ongoing process during adult life. We now show that inactivation of Pkd1 in mice before...
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