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Molecular pathways of kidney development and their applications to clinical research.
Kidney international - 1 Feb 2026
Ehrhart Friederike, Martens Helge, Rosenblum Norman D, Schedl Andreas, Schlesinger Thorben A, Gjerstad Ann Christin, Haffner Dieter, Ho Jacqueline, Evelo Chris T, Woolf Adrian S, Weber Ruthild G, Schaefer Franz
Abstract excerpt
Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) are the major cause of childhood chronic kidney disease and an antecedent cause of adult-onset cardiovascular and kidney failure. Both genetic and environmental factors have been implicated in human kidney malformations, with pathogenic variants or DNA copy number variations identified in ∼16% and 10% of cases, respectively. To date, >60...
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- Humans
- Kidney
- Organogenesis
- Signal Transduction
- Urogenital Abnormalities
- Machine Learning
