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Specific JNK inhibition by D-JNKI1 protects Purkinje cells from cell death in Lurcher mutant mouse.
Cerebellum (London, England) - 1 Jan 2008
Repici Mariaelena, Zanjani Hadi S, Gautheron Vanessa, Borsello Tiziana, Dusart Isabelle, Mariani Jean
Abstract excerpt
In the Lurcher mutant mouse (+/Lc), Purkinje cells (PCs) selectively die due to the mutation that converts alanine to threonine in the glutamate ionotropic receptor GRID 2, thus resulting in a constitutively leaky cation channel. This intrinsic cell death determines a target-dependent cell death...
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