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SUBMITTER: Renella R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4533827 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
American journal of hematology 20140721 10
α-Synuclein is highly expressed in neural tissue and during erythropoiesis, where the key erythroid regulator GATA1 has been found to modulate its expression. While specific α-synuclein (SNCA) mutations are known to cause autosomal dominant familial Parkinson's disease, its wild-type function remains under debate. To investigate the role of α-synuclein in murine hematopoiesis and erythropoiesis, we utilized Snca knock-out mice and analyzed erythroid compartments for maturation defects, in vivo e ...[more]