"Agrin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A protein component of the synaptic basal lamina. It has been shown to induce clustering of acetylcholine receptors on the surface of muscle fibers and other synaptic molecules in both synapse regeneration and development.
| Descriptor ID |
D018171
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.631.050
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Agrin" by people in Profiles.
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Differential expression of parietal epithelial cell and podocyte extracellular matrix proteins in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and diabetic nephropathy. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2019 12 01; 317(6):F1680-F1694.
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C-terminal agrin fragment is inversely related to neuromuscular fatigue in older men. Muscle Nerve. 2015 Jan; 51(1):132-3.
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Synaptic basal lamina-associated congenital myasthenic syndromes. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2012 Dec; 1275:36-48.
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LG2 agrin mutation causing severe congenital myasthenic syndrome mimics functional characteristics of non-neural (z-) agrin. Hum Genet. 2012 Jul; 131(7):1123-35.
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Mutations in MUSK causing congenital myasthenic syndrome impair MuSK-Dok-7 interaction. Hum Mol Genet. 2010 Jun 15; 19(12):2370-9.
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Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor-induced signaling in Schwann cells. J Neurochem. 2005 Sep; 94(6):1488-99.