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Abstract
Low intracellular calcium, present in untreated polycystic kidney epithelia, results in a proliferative response to cyclic adenosine monophosphate. Treatment with a calcium channel blocker (CCB) caused exacerbation of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in rats. Data regarding use of CCBs in human polycystic kidney disease (PKD) are limited and mixed. Thus, it is premature to extrapolate these findings to human PKD.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18195694 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002695
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Kidney Int ISSN: 0085-2538 Impact factor: 10.612