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Chronic Phenotype Characterization of a Large-Animal Model of Hereditary Tyrosinemia Type 1.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Jan 2017
Elgilani Faysal, Mao Shennen A, Glorioso Jaime M, Yin Meng, Iankov Ianko D, Singh Anisha, Amiot Bruce, Rinaldo Piero, Marler Ronald J, Ehman Richard L, Grompe Markus, Lillegard Joseph B, Hickey Raymond D, Nyberg Scott L
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary tyrosinemia type 1 (HT1) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by deficiency in fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase, the last enzyme in the tyrosine catabolic pathway. In this study, we investigated whether fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase deficient (FAH-/-) pigs, a novel large-animal model of HT1, develop fibrosis and cirrhosis characteristic of the human disease. FAH-/- pigs were treated with the...
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