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Mechanisms underlying progressive polyuria in familial neurohypophysial diabetes insipidus.
Journal of neuroendocrinology - 1 Jul 2010
Arima H, Oiso Y
Abstract excerpt
Familial neurohypophysial diabetes insipidus (FNDI), an autosomal dominant disorder, is mostly caused by mutations in the gene of neurophysin II (NPII), the carrier protein of arginine vasopressin (AVP). The analyses of knock-in mice expressing a mutant NPII that causes FNDI in humans demonstrated that polyuria progressed substantially in the absence of loss of AVP neurones. Morphological analyses revealed that...
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