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Inactivation of Pkd1 in principal cells causes a more severe cystic kidney disease than in intercalated cells.
Kidney international - 1 Mar 2009
Raphael Kalani L, Strait Kevin A, Stricklett Peter K, Miller R Lance, Nelson Raoul D, Piontek Klaus B, Germino Gregory G, Kohan Donald E
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Renal cysts in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease arise from cells throughout the nephron, but there is an uncertainty as to whether both the intercalated cells (ICs) and principal cells (PCs) within the collecting duct give rise to cysts. To determine this, we crossed mice containing l...
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