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WldS mice are resistant to paclitaxel (taxol) neuropathy.
Annals of neurology - 1 Oct 2002
Wang Min Sheng, Davis Albert A, Culver Deborah G, Glass Jonathan D
Abstract excerpt
The WldS mouse is a unique mutant strain that demonstrates the remarkable phenotype of prolonged survival of transected axons ("slow Wallerian degeneration"). In these studies, we tested whether this neuroprotective phenotype extends to axonal degeneration seen in a progressive peripheral neuropathy. WldS and wild-type mice were intoxicated with the cancer chemotherapeutic agent paclitaxel (Taxol). The severity...
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