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The role of LMNA in adipose: a novel mouse model of lipodystrophy based on the Dunnigan-type familial partial lipodystrophy mutation.
Journal of lipid research - 1 Jun 2009
Wojtanik Kari M, Edgemon Keith, Viswanadha Srikant, Lindsey Brigette, Haluzik Martin, Chen Weiping, Poy George, Reitman Marc, Londos Constantine
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the role of LMNA in adipose tissue by developing a novel mouse model of lipodystrophy. Transgenic mice were generated that express the LMNA mutation that causes familial partial lipodystrophy of the Dunnigan type (FPLD2). The phenotype observed in FPLD-transgenic mice resembles ma...
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