Polycystic kidney disease: Pathogenesis and potential therapies
Takiar V, Caplan MJ. Polycystic kidney disease: Pathogenesis and potential therapies. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 2010, 1812: 1337-1343. PMID: 21146605, PMCID: PMC3139769, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2010.11.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseasePolycystic kidney diseaseKidney diseaseRenal tubular epithelial cellsDominant polycystic kidney diseaseNovel therapeutic targetTubular epithelial cellsFluid-filled cystsRenal cyst formationRenal functionTreatment of PKDPathogenetic pathwaysPotential therapyTherapeutic targetDisease pathogenesisClinical therapyCyst formationInherited conditionEpithelial cellsDiseasePathogenesisTherapyPrimary ciliaCystsParenchymaThe cell biology of polycystic kidney disease
Chapin HC, Caplan MJ. The cell biology of polycystic kidney disease. Journal Of Cell Biology 2010, 191: 701-710. PMID: 21079243, PMCID: PMC2983067, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201006173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell growth controlCell biological processesPolycystic kidney diseaseCell biologyBiological processesGrowth controlPKD2 geneFluid-filled cystsNovel therapeutic targetGenetic defectsAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseCommon genetic disorderNormal renal tubulesDominant polycystic kidney diseaseGenetic disordersTherapeutic targetDisease pathogenesisKidney diseaseMorphogenesisGenesNew lightPKD1BiologyMutationsRenal tubules