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Autophagy-dependent rhodopsin degradation prevents retinal degeneration in Drosophila.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 11 Aug 2010
Midorikawa Ryosuke, Yamamoto-Hino Miki, Awano Wakae, Hinohara Yoshimi, Suzuki Emiko, Ueda Ryu, Goto Satoshi
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have demonstrated protective roles for autophagy in various neurodegenerative disorders, including the polyglutamine diseases; however, the role of autophagy in retinal degeneration has remained unclear. Accumulation of activated rhodopsin in some Drosophila mutants leads to retinal degeneration, and although it is known that activated rhodopsin is degraded in endosomal pathways in normal...
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