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Mouse model of enlarged vestibular aqueducts defines temporal requirement of Slc26a4 expression for hearing acquisition.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Nov 2011
Choi Byung Yoon, Kim Hyoung-Mi, Ito Taku, Lee Kyu-Yup, Li Xiangming, Monahan Kelly, Wen Yaqing, Wilson Elizabeth, Kurima Kiyoto, Saunders Thomas L, Petralia Ronald S, Wangemann Philine, Friedman Thomas B, Griffith Andrew J
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in human SLC26A4 are a common cause of hearing loss associated with enlarged vestibular aqueducts (EVA). SLC26A4 encodes pendrin, an anion-base exchanger expressed in inner ear epithelial cells that secretes HCO3- into endolymph. Studies of Slc26a4-null mice indicate that pendrin is essential for inner ear development, but have not revealed whether pendrin is specifically necessary for homeostasis....
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