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Doppel induces degeneration of cerebellar Purkinje cells independently of Bax.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Aug 2007
Dong Jiaxin, Li Aimin, Yamaguchi Naohiro, Sakaguchi Suehiro, Harris David A
Abstract excerpt
Doppel (Dpl) is a prion protein paralog that causes neurodegeneration when expressed ectopically in the brain. To investigate the cellular mechanism underlying this effect, we analyzed Dpl-expressing transgenic mice in which the gene for the proapoptotic protein Bax had been deleted. We found that Bax deletion does not alter either clinical symptoms or Purkinje cell degeneration in Dpl transgenic mice. In...
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