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ArticleJournal of medical genetics1998

Fibroblast silver loading for the diagnosis of Menkes disease.

F W Verheijen, C E Beerens, A C Havelaar, W J Kleijer, G M Mancini

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Article in Journal of medical genetics, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. ATP7B detoxifies silver in ciliated airway epithelial cells.Toxicology and applied pharmacology · 2010
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

F W VerheijenDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
C E Beerens
A C Havelaar
W J Kleijer
G M Mancini
Erasmus University Rotterdam · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Menkes disease is a genetic disorder of copper metabolism. Copper uptake and retention assays on fibroblast or amniotic fluid cell cultures have been used for pre- and postnatal diagnosis. These copper loading tests are complicated by the use of 64Cu, which is not commonly available and has a very short (12.8 hours) physical half life. Besides copper, silver is also a substrate for the bacterial homologue of the Menkes transport protein. We report here that loading tests using radioactive silver (110mAg), instead of copper, can be used for the diagnosis of Menkes disease. 110mAg is commercially available and has a convenient physical half life of 250 days, which makes it suitable for use in diagnostic laboratories. Our studies support the hypothesis that reduction of divalent to monovalent copper is an essential step preceding transport.

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Cation Transport ProteinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSilverAdenosine TriphosphatasesAmniotic FluidCarrier ProteinsCells, CulturedCopperCopper-Transporting ATPasesFemaleFibroblastsHumansMenkes Kinky Hair SyndromePregnancyPrenatal DiagnosisRadioisotopesAdenosine TriphosphatasesATP7A protein, humanCarrier ProteinsCation Transport ProteinsCopperCopper-Transporting ATPasesRadioisotopesRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSilver

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PMID9783711
PMCPMC1051463
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