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In work suggesting a new approach to treating polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a leading cause of kidney failure, researchers were able to block the formation of fluid-filled cysts, the hallmark of the disease, in a mouse model.

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Tags: Kidney Health, Urinary System, Kidney Disease, Polycystic Kidney Disease, Disease and Condition, Nephrology, News, disease

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Vasculature Emerges As Potential Therapeutic Target In Treating ADPKD Liver Cysts

sciencedaily.com — “As part of an effort to develop effective medical therapies that block the progression of liver cyst growth in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, researchers have found that the liver cyst walls develop and maintain a vasculature as they grow out from the body of the liver and that factors released by epithelial cells that line the liver cyst wall lumen can drive the proliferation and development of vascular endothelial cells.View full resource at sciencedaily.com

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