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Symbol GALC contributors: mct - updated : 04-11-2014
HGNC name galactosylceramidase (Krabbe disease)
HGNC id 4115
ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
  • Twi-5J display gliosis and globoid cell accumulation in the forebrain, and psychosine accumulation without extensive perturbations in CNS myelination
  • proliferation/self-renewal of neural stem cells (NSCs) and survival of their neuronal and oligodendroglial progeny are impaired in Galc-deficient mice