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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-12-13
pubmed:abstractText
Mice homozygous for the autosomal recessive gene cartilage matrix deficiency (cmd) are afflicted with lesions involving cartilaginous tissue which give rise to, among other things, marked hearing loss as evidenced by auditory evoked potentials. Ultrastructural studies of the inner ear reveal that while inner hair cells are normal in shape and content, the outer hair cells have disappeared and there is some debris in Nuel's space. The pillar cells are normal as are the stria vascularis, basilar membrane, and tectorial membrane. We conclude that the cmd gene, thought to be vital in the regulation of proteoglycan synthesis, is responsible for the hearing impairment and structural anomalies of the cochlea seen in these mutant, homozygous mice.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0077-8923
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
630
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
265-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Hearing impairment in mice with the cmd/cmd (cartilage matrix deficiency) mutant gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article