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Defective cellular localization of mutant ATP7B in Wilson's disease patients and hepatoma cell lines.
Gastroenterology - 1 Feb 2003
Huster Dominik, Hoppert Michael, Lutsenko Svetlana, Zinke Jan, Lehmann Claudia, Mössner Joachim, Berr Frieder, Caca Karel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Wilson's disease, a hereditary disorder caused by mutations in the Wilson's disease gene (ATP7B), leads to hepatic and/or neurological pathology resulting from cellular copper overload. In vitro studies showed that ATP7B, located in the trans-Golgi network, traffics to a cytoplasmic vesicular compartment in response to increased copper concentration. Mislocalization and failed intracellular...
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