Kidney Cyst Formation (IMAGE)

Indiana University

Kidney Cyst Formation

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The upper images show two views of the mushroom-shaped cysts that result from the loss of cell adhesion in the nephron. The lower images show the formation of cysts that spread across the surface of the nephron like plaque due to the loss of contact inhibition. Both images were generated in CompuCell3D. (Download video animations at http://www.molbiolcell.org/content/early/2016/05/16/mbc.E16-01-0059/suppl/DC1)

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