Elevated serum angiogenin levels in ALS

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BACKGROUND: The role of hypoxia responsive genes in the pathogenesis of ALS was first suggested when deletions of the hypoxia-responsive element of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) promoter caused a motor neuron disease phenotype in mice. The discovery of ALS-associated mutations in ANG, a hypoxia responsive gene coding for the protein angiogenin, has further supported this pathogenic mechanism in human...

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