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Lowe syndrome patient cells display mTOR- and RhoGTPase-dependent phenotypes alleviated by rapamycin and statins.
Human molecular genetics - 27 Jun 2020
Madhivanan Kayalvizhi, Ramadesikan Swetha, Hsieh Wen-Chieh, Aguilar Mariana C, Hanna Claudia B, Bacallao Robert L, Aguilar R Claudio
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Lowe syndrome (LS) is an X-linked developmental disease characterized by cognitive deficiencies, bilateral congenital cataracts and renal dysfunction. Unfortunately, this disease leads to the early death of affected children often due to kidney failure. Although this condition was first described in the early 1950s and the affected gene (OCRL1) was identified in the early 1990s, its pathophysiological mechanism...
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