| Literature DB >> 1779648 |
H Kodama1, Y Meguro, T Abe, M H Rayner, K T Suzuki, S Kobayashi, M Nishimura.
Abstract
The copper concentration was investigated in the cultured astrocytes from macular mice, an animal model of Menkes disease. An excessive amount of copper was accumulated in the astrocytes as copper-metallothionein. These results show that the underlying genetic defect of the macular mouse is expressed in the astrocytes. A similar situation may exist in Menkes disease and cause a failure of copper transport to neurones.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1779648 DOI: 10.1007/bf01800470
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Inherit Metab Dis ISSN: 0141-8955 Impact factor: 4.982