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Overexpression of Type 3 Iodothyronine Deiodinase Reduces Cone Death in the Leber Congenital Amaurosis Model Mice.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2018
Yang Fan, Ma Hongwei, Boye Sanford L, Hauswirth William W, Ding Xi-Qin
Abstract excerpt
Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a devastating pediatric retinal degenerative disease, accounting for 20% of blindness in children attending schools for the blind. Mutations in the RPE65 gene, which encodes the retinal pigment epithelium-specific isomerohydrolase RPE65, account for 16% of all LCA cases. Recent findings have linked cone photoreceptor viability to thyroid hormone (TH) signaling. TH signaling...
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