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The zebrafish goosepimples/myosin Vb mutant exhibits cellular attributes of human microvillus inclusion disease.
Mechanisms of development - 1 Nov 2016
Sidhaye Jaydeep, Pinto Clyde Savio, Dharap Shweta, Jacob Tressa, Bhargava Shobha, Sonawane Mahendra
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Microvillus inclusion disease (MVID) is a life-threatening enteropathy characterised by malabsorption and incapacitating fluid loss due to chronic diarrhoea. Histological analysis has revealed that enterocytes in MVID patients exhibit reduction of microvilli, presence of microvillus inclusion bodies and intestinal villus atrophy, whereas genetic linkage analysis has identified mutations in myosin Vb gene as the...
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