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Loss of pro-apoptotic BH3-only Bcl-2 family member Bim does not protect mutant Lurcher mice from neurodegeneration.
Journal of neuroscience research - 1 Dec 2003
Bouillet Philippe, Robati Mikara, Adams Jerry M, Strasser Andreas
Abstract excerpt
Lurcher (lc) mice have a semi-dominant mutation in the gene encoding the delta2 glutamate receptor (GRID2). The resulting constitutive activity of this receptor in heterozygous +/lc (grid(+/lc)) and homozygous (grid(lc/lc)) mice leads to the death of all cerebellar Purkinje cells and most afferent granule neurons. Some studies have indicated that the death of Purkinje cells occurs by apoptosis, and the secondary...
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