Glucose absorption drives cystogenesis in a human organoid-on-chip model of polycystic kidney disease

Autor: Sienna R. Li, Ramila E. Gulieva, Louisa Helms, Nelly M. Cruz, Thomas Vincent, Hongxia Fu, Jonathan Himmelfarb, Benjamin S. Freedman
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35537-2
Popis: In polycystic kidney disease (PKD), fluid-filled cysts arise from tubules. Here the authors show that subjecting organoids to fluid shear stress in a PKD-on-a-chip microphysiological system promotes cyst expansion via an absorptive pathway.
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