Detailed Clinical Features of Deafness Caused by a Claudin-14 Variant

Detailed Clinical Features of Deafness Caused by a Claudin-14 Variant

Tight junctions are cellular junctions that play a major role in the epithelial barrier function. In the inner ear, claudins, occludin, tricellulin, and angulins form the bicellular or tricellular binding of membrane proteins. In these, one type of claudin gene, <i>CLDN14</i>, was report...

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Main Authors: Tomohiro Kitano, Shin-ichiro Kitajiri, Shin-ya Nishio, Shin-ichi Usami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
tight junction
Claudin-14
<i>CLDN14</i>
hearing loss
vestibular function
cochlear implantation
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/18/4579

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