Kidney: polycystic kidney disease
| Autor: | Gregory B. Vanden Heuvel, Binu M. Paul |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Polycystin-1
education.field_of_study medicine.medical_specialty Kidney Pathology PKD1 urogenital system medicine.medical_treatment Genetic disorder Cell Biology Biology urologic and male genital diseases medicine.disease female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Transplantation Polycystin 2 Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure Internal medicine medicine Polycystic kidney disease education Molecular Biology Dialysis Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology. 3:465-487 |
| ISSN: | 1759-7684 |
| Popis: | Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a life-threatening genetic disorder characterized by the presence of fluid-filled cysts primarily in the kidneys. PKD can be inherited as autosomal recessive (ARPKD) or autosomal dominant (ADPKD) traits. Mutations in either the PKD1 or PKD2 genes, which encode polycystin 1 and polycystin 2, are the underlying cause of ADPKD. Progressive cyst formation and renal enlargement lead to renal insufficiency in these patients, which need to be managed by lifelong dialysis or renal transplantation. While characteristic features of PKD are abnormalities in epithelial cell proliferation, fluid secretion, extracellular matrix and differentiation, the molecular mechanisms underlying these events are not understood. Here we review the progress that has been made in defining the function of the polycystins, and how disruption of these functions may be involved in cystogenesis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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