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In this short review we provide evidence that the branched-chain keto acids accumulating in the neurometabolic disorder maple syrup urine disease disturb rat cerebral cytoskeleton in a developmentally regulated manner. Alterations of protein phosphorylation leading to brain cytoskeletal misregulation and neural cell death caused by these metabolites are associated with energy deprivation, oxidative stress and excitotoxicity that may ultimately disrupt normal cell function and viability.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17574538 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-007-0562-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Inherit Metab Dis ISSN: 0141-8955 Impact factor: 4.982