Disruption of Tubular Flcn Expression as a Mouse Model for Renal Tumor Induction
June 2015
in “
Kidney International
”
New to Rapamycin? There is a guide in the encyclopedia. Read the guide → Studysummary This study developed a kidney-specific knockout mouse model lacking the Flcn gene, which recapitulates human Birt-Hogg-Dubé kidney tumorigenesis and shows that mTOR pathway inhibition with rapamycin can suppress tumor growth.
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