Pathological relationships involving iron and myelin may constitute a shared mechanism linking various rare and common brain diseases
We previously demonstrated elevated brain iron levels in myelinated structures and associated cells in a hemochromatosis Hfe−/−xTfr2mut mouse model. This was accompanied by altered expression of a group of myelin-related genes, including a suite of genes causatively linked to the rare disease family...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2016
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4961263/ |