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Uroporphyria in the Cyp1a2-/- mouse.
Blood cells, molecules & diseases - 15 Dec 2011
Phillips John D, Kushner James P, Bergonia Hector A, Franklin Michael R
Abstract excerpt
Cytochrome P4501A2 (Cyp1a2) is important in the development of uroporphyria in mice, a model of porphyria cutanea tarda in humans. Heretofore, mice homozygous for the Cyp1a2-/- mutation do not develop uroporphyria with treatment regimens that result in uroporphyria in wild-type mice. Here we report uroporphyria development in Cyp1a2-/- mice additionally null for both alleles of the hemochromatosis (Hfe) gene and...
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