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HtrA2/Omi-immunoreactive intraneuronal inclusions in the anterior horn of patients with sporadic and Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) mutant amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Neuropathology and applied neurobiology - 1 Jun 2010
Kawamoto Y, Ito H, Kobayashi Y, Suzuki Y, Akiguchi I, Fujimura H, Sakoda S, Kusaka H, Hirano A, Takahashi R
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AIMS: HtrA2/Omi is a mitochondrial serine protease that promotes the apoptotic processes, but the relationship between HtrA2/Omi and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is still unknown. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether abnormal expression of HtrA2/Omi occurs in patients...
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