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Disruption of Atg7-dependent autophagy causes electromotility disturbances, outer hair cell loss, and deafness in mice
24 Oct 2020
Abstract excerpt
Atg7 is an indispensable factor that plays a role in canonical nonselective autophagy. Here we show that genetic ablation of Atg7 in outer hair cells (OHCs) in mice caused stereocilium damage, somatic electromotility disturbances, and presynaptic ribbon degeneration over time, which led to the gradual wholesale loss of OHCs and subsequent early-onset profound hearing loss. Impaired autophagy disrupted OHC...
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