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Mice lacking glutamate carboxypeptidase II are protected from peripheral neuropathy and ischemic brain injury.
Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Oct 2005
Bacich Dean J, Wozniak Krystyna M, Lu X-C May, O'Keefe Denize S, Callizot Noelle, Heston Warren D W, Slusher Barbara S
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Excessive glutamate release is associated with neuronal damage. A new strategy for the treatment of neuronal injury involves inhibition of the neuropeptidase glutamate carboxypeptidase II (GCP II), also known as N-acetylated alpha-linked acidic dipeptidase. GCP II is believed to mediate the hydro...
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