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Pathogenic variants of the mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate carrier causing citrin deficiency.
Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM - 1 Aug 2022
Tavoulari Sotiria, Lacabanne Denis, Thangaratnarajah Chancievan, Kunji Edmund R S
Abstract excerpt
Citrin deficiency is a pan-ethnic and highly prevalent mitochondrial disease with three different stages: neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis (NICCD), a relatively mild adaptation stage, and type II citrullinemia in adulthood (CTLN2). The cause is the absence or dysfunction of the calcium-regulated mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate carrier 2 (AGC2/SLC25A13), also called citrin, which imports glutamate into the...
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