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