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Nek8 regulates the expression and localization of polycystin-1 and polycystin-2.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Mar 2008
Sohara Eisei, Luo Ying, Zhang Jingjing, Manning Danielle K, Beier David R, Zhou Jing
Abstract excerpt
Nek8 is a serine/threonine kinase that is mutated in the jck (juvenile cystic kidneys) mouse, a model of autosomal recessive juvenile polycystic kidney disease, but its function is poorly understood. We used the jck mouse to study the functional relationship between Nek8 and other proteins that have been implicated in polycystic kidney diseases. In the collecting tubules and collecting ducts of wild-type mice, we...
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