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Ret rescues mitochondrial morphology and muscle degeneration of Drosophila Pink1 mutants.
The EMBO journal - 18 Feb 2014
Klein Pontus, Müller-Rischart Anne Kathrin, Motori Elisa, Schönbauer Cornelia, Schnorrer Frank, Winklhofer Konstanze F, Klein Rüdiger
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD)-associated Pink1 and Parkin proteins are believed to function in a common pathway controlling mitochondrial clearance and trafficking. Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and its signaling receptor Ret are neuroprotective in toxin-based animal models of PD. However, the mechanism by which GDNF/Ret protects cells from degenerating remains unclear. We investigated whether the...
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