Strategies to inhibit cyst formation in ADPKD.

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The many hundreds of cysts that grow and expand and ultimately overwhelm and destroy polycystic kidneys arise from the slow but unrelenting proliferation of tubular epithelial cells, eventually giving rise to very large, thin-walled, fluid-filled structures. The growth of these cystic bodies requires two processes: Cell proliferation and fluid secretion. Cyst epithelial cells seem to have a unique phenotype that...

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