TorsinA immunoreactivity in brains of patients with DYT1 and non-DYT1 dystonia.

Autor: Walker RH; Department of Neurology (Dr. Walker), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx., Brin MF, Sandu D, Good PF, Shashidharan P
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Neurology [Neurology] 2002 Jan 08; Vol. 58 (1), pp. 120-4.
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.58.1.120
Abstrakt: A mutation of the DYT1 gene, which codes for torsinA, has been identified as the cause of one form of autosomal dominantly inherited dystonia. TorsinA immunohistochemistry was used to examine a case of DYT1, and several cases of non-DYT1, dystonia. No evidence was found for alterations of immunoreactivity at the light microscopic level, specifically neither cytoplasmic aggregations nor colocalization of torsinA immunoreactivity with a marker for endoplasmic reticulum. These findings contrast with results of recent cell culture studies of torsinA.
Databáze: MEDLINE