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Pigmentation-based insertional mutagenesis is a simple and potent screening approach for identifying neurocristopathy-associated genes in mice. 基于色素的插入突变是一种简单而有效的筛选方法，用于鉴定小鼠神经嵴病变相关基因。

Rare diseases (Austin, Tex.) Pub Date : 2016-03-03 eCollection Date: 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/21675511.2016.1156287

Nicolas Pilon

引用次数: 15

The conditional KO approach: Cre/Lox technology in human neurons. 条件KO方法:人神经元的Cre/Lox技术。

Rare diseases (Austin, Tex.) Pub Date : 2016-02-18 eCollection Date: 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/21675511.2015.1131884

Christopher Patzke, Thomas C Südhof

引用次数: 10

Dystrophin: The dead calm of a dogma. 肌营养不良症：死气沉沉的教条

Rare diseases (Austin, Tex.) Pub Date : 2016-02-18 eCollection Date: 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/21675511.2016.1153777

Dariusz C Górecki

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引用次数: 0

Problems and solutions for the analysis of somatic CAG repeat expansion and their relationship to Huntington's disease toxicity. 体细胞CAG重复扩增及其与亨廷顿病毒性关系分析的问题与解决方法

Rare diseases (Austin, Tex.) Pub Date : 2016-02-18 eCollection Date: 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/21675511.2015.1131885

Helen Budworth, Cynthia T McMurray

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引用次数: 7

Mitochondrial dysfunction and defects in lipid homeostasis as therapeutic targets in neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation. 线粒体功能障碍和脂质稳态缺陷作为脑铁积累性神经变性的治疗靶点。

Rare diseases (Austin, Tex.) Pub Date : 2016-01-25 eCollection Date: 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/21675511.2015.1128616

Kerri J Kinghorn, Jorge Iván Castillo-Quan

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引用次数: 15

Beyond multiple mechanisms and a unique drug: Defective autophagy as pivotal player in cerebral cavernous malformation pathogenesis and implications for targeted therapies. 超越多种机制和一种独特的药物:有缺陷的自噬在脑海绵体畸形的发病机制和靶向治疗中的关键作用。

Rare diseases (Austin, Tex.) Pub Date : 2016-01-25 eCollection Date: 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/21675511.2016.1142640

Saverio Marchi, Eliana Trapani, Mariangela Corricelli, Luca Goitre, Paolo Pinton, Saverio Francesco Retta

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引用次数: 26

Listen to your gut: Using adhesion to shape the surface of functionally diverse epithelia 倾听你的肠道:利用粘连来塑造功能多样的上皮细胞表面

Rare diseases (Austin, Tex.) Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/21675511.2016.1220469

M. Tyska

引用次数: 0

Staufen1s role as a splicing factor and a disease modifier in Myotonic Dystrophy Type I staufen1在I型肌强直性营养不良中作为剪接因子和疾病调节剂的作用

Rare diseases (Austin, Tex.) Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/21675511.2016.1225644

Emma Bondy-Chorney, Tara E. Crawford Parks, A. Ravel-Chapuis, B. Jasmin, J. Côté

引用次数: 5

Canine models of human rare disorders 人类罕见疾病的犬类模型

Rare diseases (Austin, Tex.) Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/21675511.2016.1241362

M. Hytönen, H. Lohi

引用次数: 48

Molecular mechanisms underlying Spinocerebellar Ataxia 17 (SCA17) pathogenesis 脊髓小脑性共济失调17 (SCA17)发病机制的分子机制

Rare diseases (Austin, Tex.) Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/21675511.2016.1223580

Su Yang, Xiao-Jiang Li, Shihua Li

引用次数: 21