Minimal Efficacy of Nitisinone Treatment in a Novel Mouse Model of Oculocutaneous Albinism, Type 3

PURPOSE: Oral nitisinone has been shown to increase fur and ocular pigmentation in a mouse model of oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) due to hypomorphic mutations in tyrosinase (TYR), OCA1B. This study determines if nitisinone can improve ocular and/or fur pigmentation in a mouse model of OCA type 3 (OC...

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Autores principales: Onojafe, Ighovie F., Megan, Lucyanne H., Melch, Madeline G., Aderemi, Joseph O., Alur, Ramakrishna P., Abu-Asab, Mones S., Chan, Chi-Chao, Bernardini, Isa M., Albert, Jessica S., Cogliati, Tiziana, Adams, David R., Brooks, Brian P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2018
Materias:
Genetics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6181301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30347088
http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.16-20293

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6181301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30347088
http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.16-20293

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