Article
Cystic fibrosis and the phenotypic expression of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation - 1 Dec 1998
O'Sullivan D A, Torres V E, Gabow P A, Thibodeau S N, King B F, Bergstralh E J
Abstract excerpt
Recent experiments in cultured cyst epithelial cells from kidneys of patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) have shown that the cystic fibrosis (CF) transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is present in the apical surface of these cells and mediates chloride (Cl-) a...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Creatinine
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Kidney
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
