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Ablation of keratan sulfate accelerates early phase pathogenesis of ALS.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Hirano Kenichi, Ohgomori Tomohiro, Kobayashi Kazuyoshi, Tanaka Fumiaki, Matsumoto Tomohiro, Natori Takamitsu, Matsuyama Yukihiro, Uchimura Kenji, Sakamoto Kazuma, Takeuchi Hideyuki, Hirakawa Akihiro, Suzumura Akio, Sobue Gen, Ishiguro Naoki, Imagama Shiro, Kadomatsu Kenji
Abstract excerpt
Biopolymers consist of three major classes, i.e., polynucleotides (DNA, RNA), polypeptides (proteins) and polysaccharides (sugar chains). It is widely accepted that polynucleotides and polypeptides play fundamental roles in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. But, sugar chains have been poorly studied in this process, and their biological/clinical significance remains largely unexplored. Amyotrophic...
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