Nature Genetics
34, 355 - 356 (2003)
doi:10.1038/ng0803-355
From cilia to cystTerry Watnick
& Gregory Germino
Terry Watnick and Gregory Germino are in the Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ross 958, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. twatnick@jhmi.edu or ggermino@jhmi.edu
Nephronophthisis is the most common inherited cause of renal failure in children. Two new studies add to the growing body of literature that suggests that cilial dysfunction may underlie all forms of cystic renal disease.
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