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Survivin-induced abnormal ploidy contributes to cystic kidney and aneurysm formation.
Circulation - 11 Feb 2014
Aboualaiwi Wissam A, Muntean Brian S, Ratnam Shobha, Joe Bina, Liu Lijun, Booth Robert L, Rodriguez Ingrid, Herbert Britney S, Bacallao Robert L, Fruttiger Marcus, Mak Tak W, Zhou Jing, Nauli Surya M
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BACKGROUND: Cystic kidneys and vascular aneurysms are clinical manifestations seen in patients with polycystic kidney disease, a cilia-associated pathology (ciliopathy). Survivin overexpression is associated with cancer, but the clinical pathology associated with survivin downregulation or knockout has never been studied before. The present studies aim to examine whether and how cilia function (Pkd1 or Pkd2) and...
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