Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Mus musculus | Q9CY64 | - |
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Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
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brain | - |
Mus musculus | - |
Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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Biliverdin reductase-A | - |
Mus musculus |
BVR-A | - |
Mus musculus |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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drug target | the enzyme (BVR-A) is a potential therapeutic target to prevent brain insulin resistance in Alzheimer disease | Mus musculus |
malfunction | impairment of biliverdin reductase-A (BVR-A) is an early event leading to brain insulin resistance in Alzheimer disease. Cells lacking the enzyme (BVR-A) develop insulin resistance if treated with insulin and can be recovered from insulin resistance only if treated with a BVR-A-mimetic peptide | Mus musculus |