Lack of Acid Sphingomyelinase Induces Age-Related Retinal Degeneration.

Mutations of acid sphingomyelinase (ASMase) cause Niemann-Pick diseases type A and B, which are fatal inherited lipid lysosomal storage diseases, characterized with visceral organ abnormalities and neurodegeneration. However, the effects of suppressing retinal ASMase expression are not understood. T...

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Main Authors: Bill X Wu, Jie Fan, Nicholas P Boyer, Russell W Jenkins, Yiannis Koutalos, Yusuf A Hannun, Craig E Crosson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4500403?pdf=render