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Genetic inactivation of prokineticin receptor-1 leads to heart and kidney disorders.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Apr 2011
Boulberdaa Mounia, Turkeri Gulen, Urayama Kyoji, Dormishian Mojdeh, Szatkowski Cécilia, Zimmer Luc, Messaddeq Nadia, Laugel Virginie, Dollé Pascal, Nebigil Canan G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Prokineticins are potent angiogenic hormones that use 2 receptors, prokineticin receptor-1 (PKR1) and PKR2, with important therapeutic use in anticancer therapy. Observations of cardiac and renal toxicity in cancer patients treated with antiangiogenic compounds led us to explore how PKR1 signaling functioned in heart and kidney in vivo. METHODS AND RESULTS: We generated mice with a conditional...
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