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Early decrease of survival signal-related proteins in spinal motor neurons of presymptomatic transgenic mice with a mutant SOD1 gene.
Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death - 1 Oct 2001
Warita H, Manabe Y, Murakami T, Shiro Y, Nagano I, Abe K
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The mechanisms of motor neuronal death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remain to be unclear. Phosphatidy-linositol 3-kinase (PI3-K) and its main downstream effector, Akt/protein kinase B (PKB) have been shown to play a central role in neuronal survival against apoptosis supported by neurotrophic factors. In order to investigate a possible impairment of survival signaling, we examined expressions of PI3-K...
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