Monday, April 18, 2016

Two different pathogenic mechanisms, dying-back axonal neuropathy and pancreatic senescence, are present in the YG8R mouse model of Friedreich ataxia

Belén Mollá, Fátima Riveiro, Arantxa Bolinches-Amorós, Diana C. Muñoz-Lasso, Francesc Palau, Pilar González-Cabo. Disease Models and Mechanisms 2016 : doi: 10.1242/dmm.024273

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These results confirm that the lack of frataxin induces different pathogenic mechanisms in nervous system and pancreas in the mouse model of FRDA: sensory nerve dying-back and pancreatic senescence.