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Wild-type uromodulin prevents NFkB activation in kidney cells, while mutant uromodulin, causing FJHU nephropathy, does not.
Journal of nephrology - 1 Jun 2014
Dinour Dganit, Ganon Liat, Nomy Levin-Iaina, Ron Rotem, Holtzman Eliezer J
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BACKGROUND: Uromodulin (Tamm-Horsfall protein) is the most abundant urinary protein in healthy individuals. Despite 60 years of research, its physiological role remains rather elusive. Familial juvenile hyperuricemic nephropathy and medullary cystic kidney disease Type 2 are autosomal dominant tubulointerstitial nephropathies characterized by gouty arthritis and progressive renal insufficiency, caused by...
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