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Mice with Ppt1Deltaex4 mutation replicate the INCL phenotype and show an inflammation-associated loss of interneurons.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Feb 2005
Jalanko Anu, Vesa Jouni, Manninen Tuula, von Schantz Carina, Minye Helena, Fabritius Anna-Liisa, Salonen Tarja, Rapola Juhani, Gentile Massimiliano, Kopra Outi, Peltonen Leena
Abstract excerpt
Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (INCL) results from mutations in the palmitoyl protein thioesterase (PPT1, CLN1) gene and is characterized by dramatic death of cortical neurons. We generated Ppt1Deltaex4 mice by a targeted deletion of exon 4 of the mouse Ppt1 gene. Similar to the clinical phenotype, the homozygous mutants show loss of vision from the age of 8 weeks, seizures after 4 months and paralysis...
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