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The NAD+ Precursor Nicotinamide Riboside Rescues Mitochondrial Defects and Neuronal Loss in iPSC derived Cortical Organoid of Alpers' Disease.
International journal of biological sciences - 1 Jan 2024
Hong Yu, Zhang Zhuoyuan, Yangzom Tsering, Chen Anbin, Lundberg Bjørn Christian, Fang Evandro Fei, Siller Richard, Sullivan Gareth John, Zeman Jiri, Tzoulis Charalampos, Bindoff Laurence A, Liang Kristina Xiao
Abstract excerpt
Alpers' syndrome is an early-onset neurodegenerative disorder usually caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in the gene encoding the catalytic subunit of polymerase-gamma (POLG), which is essential for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) replication. The disease is progressive, incurable, and inevitably it leads to death from drug-resistant status epilepticus. The neurological features of Alpers' syndrome are intractable...
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