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Polycystin-1C terminus cleavage and its relation with polycystin-2, two proteins involved in polycystic kidney disease.
Medicina - 1 Jan 2013
Bertuccio Claudia A, Caplan Michael J
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), a most common genetic cause of chronic renal failure, is characterized by the progressive development and enlargement of cysts in kidneys and other organs. The cystogenic process is highly complex and involves a high proliferative rate, increased apoptosis, altered protein sorting, changed secretory characteristics, and disorganization of the extracellular...
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