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DJ-1 protects the nigrostriatal axis from the neurotoxin MPTP by modulation of the AKT pathway
26 Jan 2010
Abstract excerpt
Loss-of-function DJ-1 (PARK7) mutations have been linked with a familial form of early onset Parkinson disease. Numerous studies have supported the role of DJ-1 in neuronal survival and function. Our initial studies using DJ-1-deficient neurons indicated that DJ-1 specifically protects the neurons against the damage induced by oxidative injury in multiple neuronal types and degenerative experimental paradigms,...
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