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Adult Inactivation of the Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease Gene Causes Polycystic Liver Disease.
Besse W, Roosendaal C, Tuccillo L, Roy SG, Gallagher AR, Somlo S. Adult Inactivation of the Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease Gene Causes Polycystic Liver Disease. Kidney360 2020, 1: 1068-1076. PMID: 33554127, PMCID: PMC7861569, DOI: 10.34067/kid.0002522020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutosomal recessive polycystic kidney diseaseSomatic second-hit mutationsAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseSecond-hit mutationsPolycystic liver diseaseLiver phenotypePolycystic kidney diseaseBile duct homeostasisSecond hit mutationLiver cystsLiver diseaseKidney diseaseCyst formationGenetic interactionsPattern of inheritanceDisease genesRecessive polycystic kidney diseaseGermline inheritanceDominant polycystic kidney diseaseDuctal plate formationWeeks of ageRecessive genotypeSubset of adultsSomatic mutationsPlate format
2022
An update on ductal plate malformations and fibropolycystic diseases of the liver
Mirza H, Besse W, Somlo S, Weinreb J, Kenney B, Jain D. An update on ductal plate malformations and fibropolycystic diseases of the liver. Human Pathology 2022, 132: 102-113. PMID: 35777701, DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2022.06.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDuctal plate malformationLiver diseaseAdult polycystic liver diseaseAutosomal dominant polycystic kidneyFibropolycystic liver diseaseIsolated liver involvementCongenital hepatic fibrosisPolycystic liver diseaseVon Meyenburg complexesGenetic underpinningsMultiple clinical phenotypesFibropolycystic diseasePortal hypertensionCaroli's diseaseLiver involvementLiver cystsMeyenburg complexesHepatic fibrosisFibrocystic lesionsHepatocellular malignanciesCyst enlargementAbnormal organ developmentPolycystic kidneysAnimal modelsHepatocellular malignancy