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Female sex mitigates motor and behavioural phenotypes in TDP-43Q331K knock-in mice.
Scientific reports - 5 Nov 2020
Watkins Jodie, Ghosh Anshua, Keerie Amy F A, Alix James J P, Mead Richard J, Sreedharan Jemeen
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are overlapping neurodegenerative disorders. ALS is more commonly seen in men than women and the same may be the case for FTD. Preclinical models demonstrating sex-specific vulnerability may help to understand female resistance to ALS-FTD and thereby identify routes to therapy. We previously characterised a TDP-43Q331K knock-in mouse, which...
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