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Atypical role of proximal caspase-8 in truncated Tau-induced neurite regression and neuronal cell death.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Dec 2003
Chung Chul-Woong, Hong Yeon-Mi, Song Sungmin, Woo Ha-Na, Choi Yun-Hee, Rohn Troy, Jung Yong-Keun
Abstract excerpt
Abnormal Tau protein is known to be closely associated with several neurodegenerative diseases. Previously, we showed that Tau was cleaved by caspase-3 to generate the cleavage product lacking the C-terminus (DeltaTau-1) during neuronal cell death. Here we characterized caspase-8-dependent neurotoxicity of the truncated Tau. Introduction of DeltaTau-1 into primary hippocampal neurons induced loss of neurites in a...
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