So we tested this in mouse models and in human
polycystic kidney tissues, and, in both cases, high levels of pIgR were expressed in kidney cysts.»
Not exact matches
Using virtual
tissue technology, researchers at Indiana University have identified a potential new drug target in the fight against
polycystic kidney disease, an illness with no effective FDA - approved treatment that affects 200,000 people per year in the United States.
«Virtual
tissue technology reveals new drug target in
polycystic kidney disease: Advanced computer simulations show that failures of cell adhesion and inhibition cause two types of
kidney cyst formation.»
He later combined it with studies on chromatin,
tissue specific gene expression and mouse models for human diseases including Type II diabetes,
polycystic kidney disease as well as cancer.
Occurring most frequently in Persian cats,
polycystic kidney disease is an inherited disorder in which small, closed, liquid - filled sacs develop in the
tissue of the feline
kidney.