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Study illuminates sugar’s role in common kidney disease
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Study illuminates sugar’s role in common kidney disease

by University of Washington School of Medicine An illustration shows fluid absorption and cyst expansion in kidney organoids infected with polycystic kidney disease (PKD). The outward-facing proximal tubular epithelial cells (green) absorb fluid, generating pressure that causes expansion and stretching of the epithelium, creating cysts. It is unclear why normal epithelial cells resist cyst formation....