New insights into polycystic kidney disease and its treatment.

doi:10.1097/00041552-199803000-00004

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New insights into polycystic kidney disease and its treatment.

Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension - 1 Mar 1998

Torres V E

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Major advances in the understanding of the genetics and pathogenesis of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease have occurred within the past year. The proteins encoded by the PKD1 and PKD2 genes, polycystin 1 and polycystin 2, are membrane proteins, capable of interacting physically in vitr...

Topics

Animals
Exons
Humans
Introns
Mutation
Polycystic Kidney Diseases
Proteins
TRPP Cation Channels

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