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Loss of Glis2/NPHP7 causes kidney epithelial cell senescence and suppresses cyst growth in the Kif3a mouse model of cystic kidney disease.
Kidney international - 1 Jun 2016
Lu Dongmei, Rauhauser Alysha, Li Binghua, Ren Chongyu, McEnery Kayla, Zhu Jili, Chaki Moumita, Vadnagara Komal, Elhadi Sarah, Jetten Anton M, Igarashi Peter, Attanasio Massimo
Abstract excerpt
Enlargement of kidney tubules is a common feature of multiple cystic kidney diseases in humans and mice. However, while some of these pathologies are characterized by cyst expansion and organ enlargement, in others, progressive interstitial fibrosis and kidney atrophy prevail. The Kif3a knockout mouse is an established non-orthologous mouse model of cystic kidney disease. Conditional inactivation of Kif3a in...
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