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In inclusion-body myositis muscle fibers Parkinson-associated DJ-1 is increased and oxidized.
Free radical biology & medicine - 15 Sept 2008
Terracciano Chiara, Nogalska Anna, Engel W King, Wojcik Slawomir, Askanas Valerie
Abstract excerpt
Sporadic inclusion-body myositis (s-IBM) is the most common muscle disease of older persons. The muscle-fiber molecular phenotype exhibits similarities to both Alzheimer-disease (AD) and Parkinson-disease (PD) brains, including accumulations of amyloid-beta, phosphorylated tau, alpha-synuclein, and parkin, as well as evidence of oxidative stress and mitochondrial abnormalities. Early-onset autosomal-recessive PD...
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