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Pharmacological modulation of the retinal unfolded protein response in Bardet-Biedl syndrome reduces apoptosis and preserves light detection ability.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 26 Oct 2012
Mockel Anais, Obringer Cathy, Hakvoort Theodorus B M, Seeliger Mathias, Lamers Wouter H, Stoetzel Corinne, Dollfus Hélène, Marion Vincent
Abstract excerpt
Ciliopathies, a class of rare genetic disorders, present often with retinal degeneration caused by protein transport defects between the inner segment and the outer segment of the photoreceptors. Bardet-Biedl syndrome is one such ciliopathy, genetically heterogeneous with 17 BBS genes identified...
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