lysosome-associated -2

Ziming Xu1, Shoji Notomi1, Guannan Wu1

  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.

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概括

在丹农病中,溶酶体关联膜蛋白-2 (LAMP2) 缺乏会改变脂质特征. 缺乏LAMP2会增加组织中的自由脂肪酸,但会减少甘油三和脂,这表明与年龄相关的能量危机.

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