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Parkin protects against tyrosinase-mediated dopamine neurotoxicity by suppressing stress-activated protein kinase pathways.
Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Jun 2008
Hasegawa Takafumi, Treis Angela, Patenge Nadja, Fiesel Fabienne C, Springer Wolfdieter, Kahle Philipp J
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) motor symptoms are caused by degeneration of nigrostriatal dopaminergic (DAergic) neurons. The most common causes of hereditary PD are mutations in the PARKIN gene. The ubiquitin ligase parkin has been shown to mediate neuroprotection in cell culture and in vivo, but the molecular mechanisms are not well understood. We investigated the effects of parkin in a human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma...
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