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Apoptosis-inducing factor deficiency decreases the proliferation rate and protects the subventricular zone against ionizing radiation.
Cell death & disease - 21 Oct 2010
Osato K, Sato Y, Ochiishi T, Osato A, Zhu C, Sato M, Swanpalmer J, Modjtahedi N, Kroemer G, Kuhn H G, Blomgren K
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Cranial radiotherapy in children often leads to progressive cognitive decline. We have established a rodent model of irradiation-induced injury to the young brain. A single dose of 8 Gy was administered to the left hemisphere of postnatal day 10 (P10) mice. Harlequin (Hq) mice, carrying the hypomorphic apoptosis-inducing factor AIF(Hq) mutation, express 60% less AIF at P10 and displayed significantly fewer dying...
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