Analyses of proteolipid protein mutants show levels of proteolipid protein regulate oligodendrocyte number and cell death in vitro and in vivo.

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Previous tissue culture studies indicate that the level of native proteolipid protein (PLP) or mutated PLP regulates the number of oligodendrocytes (Olgs). The regulation of Olg number is most likely due to toxicity of over-expression of native PLP or mis-sense mutations of PLP. We tested, in vivo and in vitro, the hypothesis that the absence of native PLP or reduced amounts of mutated PLP leads to an increase in...

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