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Minocycline, a possible neuroprotective agent in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON): studies of cybrid cells bearing 11,778 mutation.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Dec 2007
Haroon Mohammad Fahad, Fatima Ambrin, Schöler Susanne, Gieseler Anne, Horn Thomas F W, Kirches Elmar, Wolf Gerald, Kreutzmann Peter
Abstract excerpt
Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a retinal neurodegenerative disorder caused by mitochondrial DNA point mutations. Complex I of the respiratory chain affected by the mutation results in a decrease in ATP and an increase of reactive oxygen species production. Evaluating the efficacy of minocycline in LHON, the drug increased the survival of cybrid cells in contrast to the parental cells after...
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