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Mdm2 is required for maintenance of the nephrogenic niche.
Developmental biology - 1 Mar 2014
Hilliard Sylvia A, Yao Xiao, El-Dahr Samir S
Abstract excerpt
The balance between nephron progenitor cell (NPC) renewal, survival and differentiation ultimately determines nephron endowment and thus susceptibile to chronic kidney disease and hypertension. Embryos lacking the p53-E3 ubiquitin ligase, Murine double minute 2 (Mdm2), die secondary to p53-mediated apoptosis and growth arrest, demonstrating the absolute requirement of Mdm2 in embryogenesis. Although Mdm2 is...
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