To explore the role of ATG7 in the kidney PT, we crossed mice homozygous for floxed alleles of Atg7 with Ggt1-Cre mice expressing Cre recombinase under the rat Ggt1 (gamma-glutamyltransferase 1) gene promoter. This generated Atg7fl/fl; γGt1cre/cre mice (hereafter referred to as Atg7 PT-KO), in which...