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Progranulin is expressed within motor neurons and promotes neuronal cell survival
BACKGROUND: Progranulin is a secreted high molecular weight growth factor bearing seven and one half copies of the cysteine-rich granulin-epithelin motif. While inappropriate over-expression of the progranulin gene has been associated with many cancers, haploinsufficiency leads to atrophy of the fro...
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2779192/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19860916 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2202-10-130 |