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Sensitive cilia set up the kidney

Authors :
Gerd Walz
Emily Kim
Source :
Nature Medicine. 13:1409-1411
Publication Year :
2007
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2007.

Abstract

An inherited form of kidney disease results from defects in the cilium. Mouse knockout experiments now explore how cilia help guide the organ into the right shape—and hint that these tiny antennae may also help regulate food intake (pages 1490–1495).

Details

ISSN :
1546170X and 10788956
Volume :
13
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature Medicine
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........b34a3a65d79da0856c57647e8192f351
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1207-1409