2002
Altered expression pattern of polycystin-2 in acute and chronic renal tubular diseases.
Obermüller N, Cai Y, Kränzlin B, Thomson RB, Gretz N, Kriz W, Somlo S, Witzgall R. Altered expression pattern of polycystin-2 in acute and chronic renal tubular diseases. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2002, 13: 1855-64. PMID: 12089381, DOI: 10.1097/01.asn.0000018402.33620.c7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolycystic kidney diseaseAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseKidney diseaseRenal failureDistal tubulesProximal tubulesIschemic acute renal failureCyst formationAcute renal failureAutosomal recessive polycystic kidney diseaseChronic renal failureRenal tubular diseaseCyst-lining cellsBasal compartmentPolycystin-2Renal injuryAcute injuryTubular diseaseKidney tissueAltered expression patternsPronounced upregulationNative kidney tissueS3 segmentDiseaseInjury
2000
Cardiac defects and renal failure in mice with targeted mutations in Pkd2
Wu G, Markowitz G, Li L, D'Agati V, Factor S, Geng L, Tibara S, Tuchman J, Cai Y, Hoon Park J, van Adelsberg J, Hou H, Kucherlapati R, Edelmann W, Somlo S. Cardiac defects and renal failure in mice with targeted mutations in Pkd2. Nature Genetics 2000, 24: 75-78. PMID: 10615132, DOI: 10.1038/71724.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolycystin-2True null mutationEmbryonic day 13.5Liver cyst formationSomatic rearrangementsNull mutationNull allelesProtein productsUnstable alleleTargeted mutationsPKD2Cardiac septationCyst formationRenal failureDay 13.5MutationsADPKD phenotypeKidney cystsAllelesLong-term survivalFirst indicationDeleterious effectsCalcium channelsMouse modelClinical manifestations