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Targeting intracellular degradation pathways for treatment of liver disease caused by α1-antitrypsin deficiency.
Pediatric research - 1 Jan 2014
Wang Yan, Perlmutter David H
Abstract excerpt
The classic form of α1-antitrypsin deficiency (ATD) is a well-known genetic cause of severe liver disease in childhood. A point mutation alters the folding of a hepatic secretory glycoprotein such that the protein is prone to misfolding and polymerization. Liver injury, characterized predominantly by fibrosis/cirrhosis and carcinogenesis, is caused by the proteotoxic effect of polymerized mutant α1-antitrypsin Z...
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