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SUBMITTER: Saito T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5709289 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Saito Tatsuya T Tanaka Yasuko Y Morishita Yoshiyuki Y Ishibashi Kenichi K
Biochemistry and biophysics reports 20171123
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) is caused by the mutation of polycystins (PC-1 or PC-2), in which cysts start from the collecting duct to extend to all nephron segments with eventual end stage renal failure. The cyst development is attenuated by a vasopressin V2 receptor antagonist tolvaptan which, however, will not affect proximal tubule cysts devoid of V2 receptor. Aquaporin-11 (AQP11) is expressed selectively in the proximal tubule of the kidney and AQP11-null kidneys hav ...[more]