Extractions: Aging Research Center Home Page All Previous Aging Related Articles On-line Medical Dictionary National Library of Medicine's PubMed directory of MEDLINE citations. - Kopra O, Vesa J, Von Schantz C, Manninen T, Minye H, Fabritius AL, Rapola J, Van Diggelen OP, Saarela J, Jalanko A, Peltonen L Hum Mol Genet 2004 Sep 30;. Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCL) comprise the most common group of childhood encephalopathies caused by mutations in eight genetic loci, CLN1-CLN8. Here we have developed a novel mouse model for the human vLINCL (CLN5) by targeted deletion of exon 3 of the mouse Cln5 gene. The Cln5-/- mice showed loss of vision and accumulation of autofluorescent storage material in the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral tissues without prominent brain atrophy. The ultrastructure of the storage material accurately replicated the abnormalities in human patients revealing mixture of lamellar profiles including fingerprint profiles as well as curvilinear and rectilinear bodies in electron microscopic analysis.
J. Neurosci. -- Sign In Page Goebel HH, Mole SE, Lake BD (1999) The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (Batten disease). Washington, DC IOS. Greene ND, Bernard DL, Taschner PE, Lake BD, http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/full/24/41/9117
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Extractions: This Article Full Text (PDF) Supplementary data Alert me when this article is cited ... Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal ... Request Permissions PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Distl, O. and O. Distl Abstract The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCL) are a heterogenous group of monogenic autosomal recessive inherited progressive neurodegenerative diseases characterized by brain and retinal atrophy and the intracellular accumulation of autofluorescent lysosomal storage bodies resembling lipofuscin in neurons and other cells. Until today, eight forms of NCL have been classified