title: Hepatocyte growth factor in nephronophthisis-medullary cystic disease complex.
abstract: A 13-year-old Japanese girl presented with severe anemia and renal dysfunction. The nephronophthisis-medullary cystic disease complex was diagnosed from the results of renal biopsy and a family study. Immunohistochemical detection of hepatocyte growth factor in the epithelial cells of dilated renal tubules suggested that it may have a role in the development of the tubular cystic changes which are characteristic of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yorioka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Usui
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shigemoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamakido
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D007684:Kidney Tubules / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D010531:Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory
chemical_list: D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor