Calcium signaling in polycystic kidney disease- cell death and survival. Journal Article

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Authors: Márquez-Nogueras, KM; Vuchkovska, V; Kuo, IY
Article Title: Calcium signaling in polycystic kidney disease- cell death and survival.
Abstract: Polycystic kidney disease is typified by cysts in the kidney and extra-renal manifestations including hypertension and heart failure. The main genetic underpinning this disease are loss-of function mutations to the two polycystin proteins, polycystin 1 and polycystin 2. Molecularly, the disease is characterized by changes in multiple signaling pathways including down regulation of calcium signaling, which, in part, is contributed by the calcium permeant properties of polycystin 2. These signaling pathways enable the cystic cells to survive and avoid cell death. This review focuses on the studies that have emerged in the past 5 years describing how the structural insights gained from PC-1 and PC-2 inform the calcium dependent molecular pathways of autophagy and the unfolded protein response that are regulated by the polycystin proteins and how it leads to cell survival and/or cell death.
Journal Title: Cell calcium
ISSN: 1532-1991; 0143-4160
Publisher: Unknown  
Date Published: 2023
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  1. Ivana Kuo
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