RETT-SYNDROME - THE BCL-2 GENE - A MEDIATOR OF NEUROTROPHIC MECHANISMS

被引:8
作者
ANVERT, M [1 ]
ZHANG, ZP [1 ]
HAGBERG, B [1 ]
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[1] EAST HOSP,DEPT PEDIAT,GOTHENBURG,SWEDEN
关键词
RETT SYNDROME; BCL-2; APOPTOSIS;
D O I
10.1055/s-2008-1073047
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
Rett syndrome affects young girls. The molecular basis is mysterious. One tenable hypothesis can be that the programmed early infantile death of neuronal cells is reprogrammed. The bcl-2 gene on chromosome 22 has been shown to play a role in the apoptosis process. No sequence abnormalities were detected in the bcl-2 gene of 6 patients with Rett syndrome which could explain the pathophysiology of Rett syndrome.
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