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Leber hereditary optic neuropathy mtDNA mutations disrupt glutamate transport in cybrid cell lines.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Oct 2004
Beretta Simone, Mattavelli Laura, Sala Gessica, Tremolizzo Lucio, Schapira Anthony H V, Martinuzzi Andrea, Carelli Valerio, Ferrarese Carlo
Abstract excerpt
Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a maternally inherited form of retinal ganglion cell degeneration leading to optic atrophy which is caused by point mutations in the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA). Three pathogenic mutations (positions 11778/ND4, 3460/ND1 and 14484/ND6) account for the majority of LHON cases and they affect genes that encode for different subunits of mitochondrial complex I. Excitotoxic...
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