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Presenilins form ER Ca2+ leak channels, a function disrupted by familial Alzheimer's disease-linked mutations.
Cell - 8 Sept 2006
Tu Huiping, Nelson Omar, Bezprozvanny Arseny, Wang Zhengnan, Lee Sheu-Fen, Hao Yi-Heng, Serneels Lutgarde, De Strooper Bart, Yu Gang, Bezprozvanny Ilya
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive and irreversible neurodegenerative disorder. Mutations in presenilins 1 and 2 (PS1 and PS2) account for approximately 40% of familial AD (FAD) cases. FAD mutations and genetic deletions of presenilins have been associated with calcium (Ca(2+)) signaling abnormalities. We demonstrate that wild-type presenilins, but not PS1-M146V and PS2-N141I FAD mutants, can form...
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