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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 kno...
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