Abstract:In the clinical realm, we primarily rely on audiological measures for diagnosis and surveillance of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and have limited therapeutic options. We have proposed a blood-based biomarker approach to overcome this challenge by measuring the outer hair cell’s (OHC) electromotile protein, prestin, in the blood. In a guinea pig model of cyclodextran (CDX) ototoxicity, using western blots, we show that prestin in the blood may have several different forms and specifically the ~ 134 kDa for… Show more
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