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Identification of Modifier Genes in a Mouse Model of Gaucher Disease.
Cell reports - 6 Sept 2016
Klein Andrés D, Ferreira Natalia-Santos, Ben-Dor Shifra, Duan Jingjing, Hardy John, Cox Timothy M, Merrill Alfred H, Futerman Anthony H
Abstract excerpt
Diseases caused by single-gene mutations can display substantial phenotypic variability, which may be due to genetic, environmental, or epigenetic modifiers. Here, we induce Gaucher disease (GD), a rare inherited metabolic disorder, by injecting 15 inbred mouse strains with a low dose of a chemical inhibitor of acid β-glucosidase, the enzyme defective in GD. Different mouse strains exhibit widely different...
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