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Aberrant phosphorylation of alpha-synuclein in human Niemann-Pick type C1 disease.
Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology - 1 Apr 2004
Saito Yuko, Suzuki Kinuko, Hulette Christine M, Murayama Shigeo
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Niemann-Pick type C1 disease (NPC1) is an autosomal recessive neurovisceral storage disease caused by the mutation of NPC1 gene, resulting in perturbed intracellular transport of unesterified cholesterol. In NPC1, early-onset tauopathy is a constant feature. In addition, in NPC1 patients with ApoE epsilon4 homozygosity, deposition of A beta occurs mimicking Alzheimer disease (AD). Since AD is frequently...
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