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mRNA-based therapy in a rabbit model of variegate porphyria offers new insights into the pathogenesis of acute attacks
19 May 2021
Abstract excerpt
Variegate porphyria (VP) results from haploinsufficiency of protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPOX), the seventh enzyme in the heme synthesis pathway. There is no VP model that recapitulates the clinical manifestations of acute attacks. Combined administrations of 2-allyl-2-isopropylacetamide and rifampicin in rabbits halved hepatic PPOX activity, resulting in increased accumulation of a potentially neurotoxic heme...
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