New clues to disease severity identified in alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency (IMAGE)

WashU Medicine

New clues to disease severity identified in alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency

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Researchers at WashU Medicine have identified a previously unknown biological process that may help explain why only a subset of patients with alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency develop liver disease. In this section of liver from a mouse modeling the genetic disorder, darker pink areas show the accumulation of a protein associated with liver disease in some patients.

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David Rudnick

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