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Zebrafish as a disease model for studying human Rett Syndrome

dc.contributor.authorVitorino, M.
dc.contributor.authorConceicao, N.
dc.contributor.authorAdrião, Andreia Lúcia Gonçalves
dc.contributor.authorCancela, M. Leonor
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-07T15:56:49Z
dc.date.available2017-04-07T15:56:49Z
dc.date.issued2016-04
dc.description.abstractBackground: Rett syndrome (RTT) is a severe neurological disorder that affects almost exclusively females. This disease is characterized by normal growth and intellectual development until around the first year, then progression in development starts to slow down, with loss of purposeful use of the hands, distinctive hand movements, slowed brain and head growth, problems with walking, seizures, and intellectual disability. Mutations in the X-linked genes methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MECP2) and cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5) were described in RTT and recently several bone diseases related with decreased bone mass were also described in those patients, starting early in life. Because zebrafish was largely validated as a model for human diseases, the main objective of this work was to investigate if zebrafish can be a good model to study RTT.
dc.identifier.issn0014-2972
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/9535
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
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dc.titleZebrafish as a disease model for studying human Rett Syndrome
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage124
oaire.citation.issueSuppl. 1
oaire.citation.startPage124
oaire.citation.titleEuropean Journal of Clinical Investigation
oaire.citation.volume46
person.familyNameAdrião
person.familyNameCancela
person.givenNameAndreia Lúcia Gonçalves
person.givenNameM. Leonor
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-6018-9114
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-3114-6662
person.identifier.scopus-author-id16070252800
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