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The yin and yang of claudin-14 function in human diseases.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Jul 2012
Hou Jianghui
Abstract excerpt
Claudins are tight junction integral membrane proteins that are key regulators of the paracellular pathway. The paracellular pathways in the inner ear and in the kidney are predominant routes for transepithelial cation transport. Mutations in claudin-14 cause nonsyndromic recessive deafness DFNB29. A recent genome-wide association study has identified claudin-14 as a major risk gene of hypercalciuric...
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