2014
Loss of Polycystin-1 Inhibits Bicc1 Expression during Mouse Development
Lian P, Li A, Li Y, Liu H, Liang D, Hu B, Lin D, Jiang T, Moeckel G, Qin D, Wu G. Loss of Polycystin-1 Inhibits Bicc1 Expression during Mouse Development. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e88816. PMID: 24594709, PMCID: PMC3940423, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088816.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseasePolycystic kidney diseasePolycystin-1Gene productsKidney developmentKidney diseaseRNA-binding proteinMouse kidney developmentPKD1 gene productEmbryonic day 8.5Human autosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseNew molecular linkTemporal expression patternsEarly ureteric budDominant polycystic kidney diseaseC. elegansHuman polycystic kidney diseaseMouse embryogenesisMouse developmentPostnatal kidney developmentMouse homologueCystic phenotypeExpression patternsMolecular linkMultiple species
2003
Adaptation of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to extreme osmotic stress
Lamitina ST, Morrison R, Moeckel GW, Strange K. Adaptation of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to extreme osmotic stress. American Journal Of Physiology - Cell Physiology 2003, 286: c785-c791. PMID: 14644776, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00381.2003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtreme osmotic stressOsmotic stressCell osmoregulationHypertonic stressFunctional genomic analysisNematode Caenorhabditis elegansOrganic osmolyte glycerolPowerful model systemNumerous experimental advantagesCellular osmotic homeostasisCaenorhabditis elegansC. elegansCellular lifeNematode CaenorhabditisOsmolyte glycerolGenomic analysisOsmotic homeostasisGenetic basisOsmotic adaptationTranscriptional expressionOsmotic balanceMolecular understandingAccumulation of glycerolGlycerol accumulationNaCl agar