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Cellular Models for the Serpinopathies.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2018
Fra Annamaria, D'Acunto Emanuela, Laffranchi Mattia, Miranda Elena
Abstract excerpt
Our current knowledge about the cellular mechanisms underlying serpin-related disorders, the serpinopathies, is predominantly based on studies in cell culture models of disease, particularly for alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT, SERPINA1) deficiency causing emphysema and the familial encephalopathy with neuroserpin (NS, SERPINI1) inclusion bodies (FENIB). FENIB, a neurodegenerative dementia, is caused by polymerization...
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