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Blood biomarkers in a mouse model of CADASIL.
Brain research - 1 Aug 2016
Primo Vincent, Graham Mark, Bigger-Allen Alexander A, Chick Joel M, Ospina Carolina, Quiroz Yakeel T, Manent Jan, Gygi Steven P, Lopera Francisco, D'Amore Patricia A, Arboleda-Velasquez Joseph F
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in NOTCH 3 are the cause of cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL), a neurological disorder characterized by stroke, and vascular cognitive impairment and dementia. Loss of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) and accumulation of granular osmiophilic material (GOM) deposits are hallmarks of CADASIL. There are no therapies for CADASIL and...
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