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Modeling of Menkes disease via human induced pluripotent stem cells.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 14 Feb 2014
Suh Ji-Hoon, Kim Dongkyu, Kim Hyemin, Helfman David M, Choi Jin-Ho, Lee Beom Hee, Yoo Han-Wook, Han Yong-Mahn
Abstract excerpt
Menkes disease (MD) is a copper-deficient neurodegenerative disorder that manifests severe neurologic symptoms such as seizures, lethargic states, and hypotonia. Menkes disease is due to a dysfunction of ATP7A, but the pathophysiology of neurologic manifestation is poorly understood during embryonic development. To understand the pathophysiology of neurologic symptoms, molecular and cellular phenotypes were...
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