Collecting Ducts (IMAGE)

Kumamoto University

Collecting Ducts

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Collecting ducts derived from iPS cells with the homozygous PKD1 gene mutation strongly reacted with forskolin to form cysts. Collecting ducts derived from iPS cells with the heterozygous PKD1 gene mutation, as well as those derived from patient iPS cells, formed cysts, although partially.

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Professor Ryuichi Nishinakamura

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