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Comprehensive investigation of the caveolin 2 gene: resequencing and association for kidney transplant outcomes.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
McCaughan Jennifer A, Duffy Seamus, O'Hagan Thomas, Courtney Aisling E, Borrows Richard, Conlon Peter J, Maxwell Alexander P, McKnight Amy Jayne
Abstract excerpt
Caveolae are plasma membrane structures formed from a complex of the proteins caveolin-1 and caveolin-2. Caveolae interact with pro-inflammatory cytokines and are dysregulated in fibrotic disease. Although caveolae are present infrequently in healthy kidneys, they are abundant during kidney injury. An association has been identified between a CAV1 gene variant and long term kidney transplant survival. Chronic,...
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