title: Renal cystic disease: new insights for the clinician.
abstract: This article cannot comprehensively cover the enormous strides made in defining the molecular and cellular basis of renal cystic diseases over the last decade. Therefore, it provides a brief overview and categorization of inherited, developmental, and acquired renal cystic diseases, providing a relevant, up-to-date bibliography as well as a useful list of informative Internet Web sites. Its major focus is the translational biology of polycystic kidney disease. It demonstrates how emerging molecular and cellular knowledge of the pathophysiology of particular diseases such as autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) can translate into innovative therapeutic insights.
authors.affiliation: Children's Research Institute, Children's Hospital & Health System of Wisconsin, and Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatrics, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee 53225, USA. eavner@mcw.edu
authors.forename: Ellis D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Avner
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Sweeney
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D002455:Cell Division / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D020420:Cyst Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D066246:ErbB Receptors