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      Tubulointerstitial Nephritis Antigen: Primary Structure, Expression and Role in Health and Disease

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      Nephron
      S. Karger AG

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          Functions of agrin and agrin-related proteins.

          Agrin, a molecule produced by motoneurons that induces the aggregation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), has recently been structurally characterized. Agrin-related proteins (ARPs) that arise from differential splicing are synthesized by neurons and muscle. The C-terminal region of agrin that instructs muscle to aggregate nAChRs contains three laminin A modules separated by epidermal growth factor-like modules. Alternative splicing in the laminin A modules leads to the formation of at least three ARPs that are devoid of nAChR-aggregating activity. In their N-terminal regions, both agrin and ARPs contain nine follistatin-related modules that, like those in follistatin and in another related protein, osteonectin, may have the capability to bind members of the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) or platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) families. This review proposes that these follistatin-like regions of agrin and ARPs might bind and localize growth factors, and thus provide a matrix-bound concentration of them. Beyond agrin's role in inducing AChR aggregation, the function of agrin and ARPs to provide a localized reservoir of growth factors could contribute to the formation and maintenance of the long-lasting synaptic architecture by specifying and limiting the area of influence of these molecules.
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            Identification of a cDNA Encoding Tubulointerstitial Nephritis Antigen

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              Tubulointerstitial Nephritis Antigen: An Extracellular Matrix Protein that Selectively Regulates Tubulogenesis vs. Glomerulogenesis during Mammalian Renal Development

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                Journal
                NEF
                Nephron
                10.1159/issn.1660-8151
                Nephron
                S. Karger AG
                1660-8151
                2235-3186
                2002
                2002
                13 December 2001
                : 90
                : 1
                : 1-7
                Affiliations
                aDepartment of Pediatrics, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka-sayama, and bDepartment of Pediatrics, Kumamoto University College of Medical Science, Kumamoto City, Japan
                Article
                46307 Nephron 2002;90:1–7
                10.1159/000046307
                11744798
                c225aca7-d70d-43f7-8014-672827f4bbcb
                © 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel

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                Cardiovascular Medicine,Nephrology
                Cardiovascular Medicine, Nephrology

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