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Hepatic and Extrahepatic Sources and Manifestations in Endoplasmic Reticulum Storage Diseases.
International journal of molecular sciences - 28 May 2021
Callea Francesco, Francalanci Paola, Giovannoni Isabella
Abstract excerpt
Alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) and fibrinogen are secretory acute phase reactant proteins. Circulating AAT and fibrinogen are synthesized exclusively in the liver. Mutations in the encoding genes result in conformational abnormalities of the two molecules that aggregate within the rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) instead of being regularly exported. That results in AAT-deficiency (AATD) and in hereditary...
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