Claudin-9 Mutation Can Lead to Damaged Hearing (IMAGE)

University of Iowa

Claudin-9 Mutation Can Lead to Damaged Hearing

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When claudin-9 is mutated, potassium floods the wrong part of the ear's sensory cells, killing a layer of them, as indicated by the arrow in this image.

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University of Iowa/PLoS Genetics

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