The ADPKD1 gene is located on the short arm of chromosome 16 and appears to be causative in more than 90% of families in the white population. It appears to encode an extracellular matrix protein which is expressed around cerebral, renal and hepatic blood vessels.
A second causative gene, ADPKD2, was been identified and localised to chromosome 4.
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