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Parkin mediates beclin-dependent autophagic clearance of defective mitochondria and ubiquitinated Abeta in AD models.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Jun 2011
Khandelwal Preeti J, Herman Alexander M, Hoe Hyang-Sook, Rebeck G William, Moussa Charbel E-H
Abstract excerpt
Intraneuronal amyloid-β (Aβ) may contribute to extracellular plaque deposition, the characteristic pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The E3-ubiquitin ligase parkin ubiquitinates intracellular proteins and induces mitophagy. We previously demonstrated that parkin reduces Aβ levels in lentivir...
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