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Doppel induces autophagic stress in prion protein-deficient Purkinje cells.
Autophagy - 1 Apr 2009
Heitz Stéphane, Grant Nancy J, Bailly Yannick
Abstract excerpt
The ectopic expression of the prion protein homologue Doppel (Dpl) in brain neurons causes progressive cerebellar Purkinje cell death in prion protein-deficient Ngsk mice (NP0/0). The neurotoxicity caused by Dpl involves Bax-dependent apoptotic pathways as well as other yet to be characterized cell death mechanisms in the NP0/0 Purkinje cells. These neurons display increased amounts of several autophagy-related...
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