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Amnionless function is required for cubilin brush-border expression and intrinsic factor-cobalamin (vitamin B12) absorption in vivo.
Blood - 15 Aug 2005
He Qianchuan, Madsen Mette, Kilkenney Adam, Gregory Brittany, Christensen Erik I, Vorum Henrik, Højrup Peter, Schäffer Alejandro A, Kirkness Ewen F, Tanner Stephan M, de la Chapelle Albert, Giger Urs, Moestrup Søren K, Fyfe John C
Abstract excerpt
Amnionless (AMN) and cubilin gene products appear to be essential functional subunits of an endocytic receptor called cubam. Mutation of either gene causes autosomal recessive Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome (I-GS, OMIM no. 261100) in humans, a disorder characterized by selective intestinal malabsorption of cobalamin (vitamin B12) and urinary loss of several specific low-molecular-weight proteins. Vital insight into...
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