Article
α-synuclein promotes neuroprotection through NF-κB-mediated transcriptional regulation of protein kinase Cδ.
Science signaling - 18 Oct 2011
Aoki Reina, Li Yun Rose
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that results in a progressively debilitating loss of motor function and hypokinesia and is characterized by the selective loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta. Recent evidence suggests that caspase-3-dependent proteolytic cleavage and nuclear translocation of the δ isoform of protein kinase C (PKCδ) may be required for...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
