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Keratin mutation primes mouse liver to oxidative injury.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Mar 2005
Zhou Qin, Ji Xuhuai, Chen Lixin, Greenberg Harry B, Lu Shelly C, Omary M Bishr
Abstract excerpt
Mutation of the cytoskeletal intermediate filament proteins keratin 8 and keratin 18 (K8/K18) is associated with cirrhosis in humans, whereas transgenic mice that overexpress K18 Arg89-->Cys (R89C) have significant predisposition to liver injury. To study the mechanism of keratin-associated predi...
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