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Calpain-5 mutations cause autoimmune uveitis, retinal neovascularization, and photoreceptor degeneration.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jan 2012
Mahajan Vinit B, Skeie Jessica M, Bassuk Alexander G, Fingert John H, Braun Terry A, Daggett Heather T, Folk James C, Sheffield Val C, Stone Edwin M
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal dominant neovascular inflammatory vitreoretinopathy (ADNIV) is an autoimmune condition of the eye that sequentially mimics uveitis, retinitis pigmentosa, and proliferative diabetic retinopathy as it progresses to complete blindness. We identified two different missense mutations in the CAPN5 gene in three ADNIV kindreds. CAPN5 encodes calpain-5, a calcium-activated cysteine protease that is expressed in...
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