By binding to polymeric immunoglobulin receptors found on epithelial cells, Weimbs and team reasoned in a 2015 paper, the antibodies take a one-way trip through the membrane into the kidney cysts, ...

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is an inherited disorder in which clusters of fluid-filled cysts gradually develop within the kidneys. As these cysts enlarge and multiply, they damage the surrounding ...