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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Brian Joseph Cox
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-9629 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Developmental biology 20080221 1
WNT/beta-catenin signaling has an established role in nephron formation during kidney development. Yet, the role of beta-catenin during ureteric morphogenesis in vivo is undefined. We generated a murine genetic model of beta-catenin deficiency targeted to the ureteric bud cell lineage. Newborn mutant mice demonstrated bilateral renal aplasia or renal dysplasia. Analysis of the embryologic events leading to this phenotype revealed that abnormal ureteric branching at E12.5 precedes histologic abno ...[more]