Deletion of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 2 from the Peri-Wolffian Duct Stroma Leads to Ureteric Induction Abnormalities and Vesicoureteral Reflux

Kenneth A. Walker; Sunder Sims-Lucas; Valeria E. Di Giovanni; Caitlin Schaefer; Whitney M. Sunseri; Tatiana Novitskaya; Mark P. de Caestecker; Feng Chen; Carlton M. Bates

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056062

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Deletion of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 2 from the Peri-Wolffian Duct Stroma Leads to Ureteric Induction Abnormalities and Vesicoureteral Reflux

Kenneth A. Walker ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kenneth A. Walker, Sunder Sims-Lucas

Affiliation Rangos Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Sunder Sims-Lucas ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kenneth A. Walker, Sunder Sims-Lucas

Affiliation Rangos Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Valeria E. Di Giovanni,

Affiliation Rangos Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Caitlin Schaefer,

Affiliation Rangos Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Whitney M. Sunseri,

Affiliation Rangos Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Tatiana Novitskaya,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Mark P. de Caestecker,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Feng Chen,

Affiliation Renal Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Carlton M. Bates

* E-mail: batescm@upmc.edu

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Deletion of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 2 from the Peri-Wolffian Duct Stroma Leads to Ureteric Induction Abnormalities and Vesicoureteral Reflux

Kenneth A. Walker,
Sunder Sims-Lucas,
Valeria E. Di Giovanni,
Caitlin Schaefer,
Whitney M. Sunseri,
Tatiana Novitskaya,
Mark P. de Caestecker,
Feng Chen,
Carlton M. Bates

Published: February 7, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056062

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