2008. Vol. 50, N 9, p. 780-787
THE ATYPICAL OF WERNER SYNDROME: EFFECT OF LAMINOPATHY

N. V. Smirnova, I. M. Spivak, N. M. Pleskach, V. M. Mikhelson

Institute of Cytology RAS, St. Petersburg;
e-mail: nvsmirnoff@yandex.ru

A case of adult progeria has been described. During detailed studies of the cells from this patient the nuclear lamina and cytoskeleton aberrations were detected. It has been suggested that this case is an atypical form of Werner syndrome with laminopathy - not the WRN helicase-nuclease defect.


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