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Inconsistency between hepatic expression and serum concentration of transthyretin in mice humanized at the transthyretin locus.
Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms - 1 Dec 2008
Zhao Gang, Li Zhenghua, Araki Kimi, Haruna Kyoko, Yamaguchi Kazuhito, Araki Masatake, Takeya Motohiro, Ando Yukio, Yamamura Ken-ichi
Abstract excerpt
Human transthyretin (TTR) has about 110 variants, more than 90 of which are associated with human amyloidosis. Several groups have generated transgenic mice that carry various mutant TTR genes. However, formation of mouse/human TTR heterotetramers has been shown to be inhibitory to dissociation and subsequent amyloid formation. To avoid the effect of mouse Ttr and produce humanized mice carrying different TTR...
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