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Astrocyte-mediated infantile-onset leukoencephalopathy mouse model.
Glia - 1 Jan 2017
Sugio Shouta, Tohyama Koujiro, Oku Shinichiro, Fujiyoshi Kanehiro, Yoshimura Takeshi, Hikishima Keigo, Yano Ryutaro, Fukuda Takahiro, Nakamura Masaya, Okano Hideyuki, Watanabe Masahiko, Fukata Masaki, Ikenaka Kazuhiro, Tanaka Kenji F
Abstract excerpt
Astrocytes have recently been shown to provide physiological support for various brain functions, although little is known about their involvement in white matter integrity. Several inherited infantile-onset leukoencephalopathies, such as Alexander disease and megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC), implicate astrocytic involvement in the formation of white matter. Several mouse models...
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