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MEK Inhibition Holds Promise for Polycystic Kidney Disease

Authors :
James P. Calvet
Source :
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 17:1498-1500
Publication Year :
2006
Publisher :
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2006.

Abstract

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) has a number of characteristics that make it uniquely challenging for the development of therapies to slow disease progression. Renal cystic diseases result from the neoplastic growth of numerous fluid-filled cysts, often accompanied by increased apoptosis, tissue

Details

ISSN :
10466673
Volume :
17
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Accession number :
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