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Selective formation of certain advanced glycation end products in spinal cord astrocytes of humans and mice with superoxide dismutase-1 mutation.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 Aug 2002
Shibata Noriyuki, Hirano Asao, Hedley-Whyte E Tessa, Dal Canto Mauro C, Nagai Ryoji, Uchida Koji, Horiuchi Seikoh, Kawaguchi Motoko, Yamamoto Tomoko, Kobayashi Makio
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Recent studies have documented carbonyl stress involvement in the pathogenesis of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The aim of the present study was to assess a role for carbonyl stress in motor neuron degeneration associated with superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1) mutant familial ALS and its transgenic mouse model, using an immunohistochemical investigation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and...
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