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Conditional mutation of Pkd2 causes cystogenesis and upregulates beta-catenin.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Dec 2009
Kim Ingyu, Ding Tianbing, Fu Yulong, Li Cunxi, Cui Lan, Li Ao, Lian Peiwen, Liang Dan, Wang Dao W, Guo Caiying, Ma Jie, Zhao Ping, Coffey Robert J, Zhan Qimin, Wu Guanqing
Abstract excerpt
Loss of polycystin-2 (PC2) in mice (Pkd2(-/-)) results in total body edema, focal hemorrhage, structural cardiac defects, abnormal left-right axis, hepatorenal and pancreatic cysts, and embryonic lethality. The molecular mechanisms by which loss of PC2 leads to these phenotypes remain unknown. We generated a model to allow targeted Pkd2 inactivation using the Cre-loxP system. Global inactivation of Pkd2 produced...
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