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mercaptoethanol and Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome

mercaptoethanol has been researched along with Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome in 1 studies

Mercaptoethanol: A water-soluble thiol derived from hydrogen sulfide and ethanol. It is used as a reducing agent for disulfide bonds and to protect sulfhydryl groups from oxidation.

Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome: An inherited disorder of copper metabolism transmitted as an X-linked trait and characterized by the infantile onset of HYPOTHERMIA, feeding difficulties, hypotonia, SEIZURES, bony deformities, pili torti (twisted hair), and severely impaired intellectual development. Defective copper transport across plasma and endoplasmic reticulum membranes results in copper being unavailable for the synthesis of several copper containing enzymes, including PROTEIN-LYSINE 6-OXIDASE; CERULOPLASMIN; and SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE. Pathologic changes include defects in arterial elastin, neuronal loss, and gliosis. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p125)

Research

Studies (1)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19901 (100.00)18.7374
1990's0 (0.00)18.2507
2000's0 (0.00)29.6817
2010's0 (0.00)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
LaBadie, GU1
Beratis, NG1
Price, PM1
Hirschhorn, K1

Other Studies

1 other study available for mercaptoethanol and Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome

ArticleYear
Studies of the copper-binding proteins in Menkes and normal cultured skin fibroblast lysates.
    Journal of cellular physiology, 1981, Volume: 106, Issue:2

    Topics: Brain Diseases, Metabolic; Carrier Proteins; Cells, Cultured; Copper; Edetic Acid; Fibroblasts; Huma

1981