For example, the CMT1B mouse model (P0S63del mutant mouse) has shown that mutant P0 is retained in the ER, and that the protein kinase R (PKR)-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK) pathway is activated to increase the phosphorylated α subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2α), activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4), and C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) in Schwann cells37,44. This evidence concerns the gene MPZ and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1B.