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TECPR2: a new autophagy link for neurodegeneration.
Autophagy - 1 May 2013
Oz-Levi Danit, Gelman Amir, Elazar Zvulun, Lancet Doron
Abstract excerpt
Autophagy dysfunction has been implicated in a group of progressive neurodegenerative diseases, and has been reported to play a major role in the pathogenesis of these disorders. We have recently reported a recessive mutation in TECPR2, an autophagy-implicated WD repeat-containing protein, in five individuals with a novel form of monogenic hereditary spastic paraparesis (HSP). We found that diseased skin...
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