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Tauroursodeoxycholic acid prevents hearing loss and hair cell death in Cdh23(erl/erl) mice.
Neuroscience - 1 Mar 2016
Hu J, Xu M, Yuan J, Li B, Entenman S, Yu H, Zheng Q Y
Abstract excerpt
Sensorineural hearing loss has long been the subject of experimental and clinical research for many years. The recently identified novel mutation of the Cadherin23 (Cdh23) gene, Cdh23(erl/erl), was proven to be a mouse model of human autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness (DFNB12). Tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA), a taurine-conjugated bile acid, has been used in experimental research and clinical...
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