Similar dose-dependence of motor neuron cell death caused by wild type human TDP-43 and mutants with ALS-associated amino acid substitutions.

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BACKGROUND: TDP-43, a multi-functional DNA/ RNA-binding protein encoded by the TARDBP gene, has emerged as a major patho-signature factor of the ubiquitinated intracellular inclusions (UBIs) in the diseased cells of a range of neurodegenerative diseases. Mutations in at least 9 different genes including TARDBP have been identified in ALS with TDP-43 (+)-UBIs. Thus far, the pathogenic role(s) of the more than 30...

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