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Proteasomal inhibition hypersensitizes differentiated neuroblastoma cells to oxidative damage.
Neuroscience letters - 15 May 2006
Lev Nirit, Melamed Eldad, Offen Daniel
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a multifactorial disease caused by both genetic and environmental factors. Alpha-synuclein is of particular interest in PD since it is a major component of Lewy bodies and mutations in the alpha-synuclein gene were identified in familial PD. Oxidative stress and proteasomal dysfunction are implicated in the pathogenesis of PD but their interactions as well as their effect on aggregates...
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