Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

Monkeys mutant for PKD1 recapitulate human autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

  • Tomoyuki Tsukiyama,
  • Kenichi Kobayashi,
  • Masataka Nakaya,
  • Chizuru Iwatani,
  • Yasunari Seita,
  • Hideaki Tsuchiya,
  • Jun Matsushita,
  • Kahoru Kitajima,
  • Ikuo Kawamoto,
  • Takahiro Nakagawa,
  • Koji Fukuda,
  • Teppei Iwakiri,
  • Hiroyuki Izumi,
  • Iori Itagaki,
  • Shinji Kume,
  • Hiroshi Maegawa,
  • Ryuichi Nishinakamura,
  • Saori Nishio,
  • Shinichiro Nakamura,
  • Akihiro Kawauchi,
  • Masatsugu Ema

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13398-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Most cases of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) are due to mutations in PKD1. Here, Tsukiyama et al. generate monkeys with mutations in PKD1 and show that animals recapitulate key pathological features of the human disease, suggesting these may provide insights into ADPKD pathogenesis and contribute to the development of future therapeutic strategies.