Lymphoblastoid cell lines of Rett syndrome patients exposed to oxidative-stress-induced apoptosis.

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Despite the identification of mutations in the methyl CpG binding protein 2 gene, the pathogenesis of Rett syndrome (RS) is still unknown. In order to clarify the role of apoptosis in this disorder, we studied lymphoblastoid cell lines in five classical RS patients and five controls, incubated with 2-deoxy-d-ribose (dRib), a reducing sugar that induces apoptosis in human cells, through oxidative damage. The...

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