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Genetic variation in the GDNF promoter affects its expression and modifies the severity of Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR) in rats carrying Ednrb(sl) mutations.
Gene - 1 Jan 2016
Huang Jieping, Dang Ruihua, Torigoe Daisuke, Li Anqi, Lei Chuzhao, Sasaki Nobuya, Wang Jinxi, Agui Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is necessary for the migration of neural crest stem cells in the gut. However, mutations in GDNF per se are deemed neither necessary nor sufficient to cause Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR). In a previous study, a modifier locus on chromosome 2 in r...
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