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DARS2 is indispensable for Purkinje cell survival and protects against cerebellar ataxia.
Human molecular genetics - 10 Oct 2020
Rumyantseva Anastasia, Motori Elisa, Trifunovic Aleksandra
Abstract excerpt
Leukoencephalopathy with brain stem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation disorder (LBSL) arises from mutations in mitochondrial aspartyl-tRNA synthetase (DARS2) gene. The disease has a childhood or juvenile-onset and is clinically characterized by cerebellar ataxia, cognitive decline and distinct morphological abnormalities upon magnetic resonance imaging. We previously demonstrated that neurons and...
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