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Modulators of Neuroinflammation Have a Beneficial Effect in a Lafora Disease Mouse Model.
Molecular neurobiology - 1 Jun 2021
Mollá Belén, Heredia Miguel, Sanz Pascual
Abstract excerpt
Lafora disease (LD; OMIM#274780) is a fatal rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized by generalized epileptic seizures and the presence of polyglucosan inclusions (PGs), called Lafora bodies (LBs), typically in the brain. LD is caused by mutations in two genes EPM2A or EPM2B, which encode respectively laforin, a glucan phosphatase, and malin, an E3-ubiquitin ligase. Much remains unknown about the molecular...
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