Article
Emerging roles of obstruction and mutations in renal malformations.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Oct 1998
Woolf A S
Abstract excerpt
In this short review I will highlight some of the "molecular lesions" that occur in patients with malformations of the urinary tract in terms of: (1) aberrant gene expression in dysplastic and obstructed kidneys and (2) the effects of mutations and genetic polymorphisms on renal growth and response to injury. It is suggested that the prenatal obstruction of urinary flow transduces a signal which elicits a...
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