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p120 catenin is required for normal renal tubulogenesis and glomerulogenesis.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 May 2011
Marciano Denise K, Brakeman Paul R, Lee Chao-Zong, Spivak Natalie, Eastburn Dennis J, Bryant David M, Beaudoin Gerard M, Hofmann Ilse, Mostov Keith E, Reichardt Louis F
Abstract excerpt
Defects in the development or maintenance of tubule diameter correlate with polycystic kidney disease. Here, we report that absence of the cadherin regulator p120 catenin (p120ctn) from the renal mesenchyme prior to tubule formation leads to decreased cadherin levels with abnormal morphologies of early tubule structures and developing glomeruli. In addition, mutant mice develop cystic kidney disease, with...
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