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Induction of the phase II detoxification pathway suppresses neuron loss in Drosophila models of Parkinson's disease.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 9 Jan 2008
Trinh Kien, Moore Katherine, Wes Paul D, Muchowski Paul J, Dey Joyoti, Andrews Laurie, Pallanck Leo J
Abstract excerpt
Alpha-synuclein aggregates are a common feature of sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD), and mutations that increase alpha-synuclein abundance confer rare heritable forms of PD. Although these findings suggest that alpha-synuclein plays a central role in the pathogenesis of this disorder, little is known of the mechanism by which alpha-synuclein promotes neuron loss or the factors that regulate alpha-synuclein...
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