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Modeling ALS with iPSCs reveals that mutant SOD1 misregulates neurofilament balance in motor neurons.
Cell stem cell - 5 Jun 2014
Chen Hong, Qian Kun, Du Zhongwei, Cao Jingyuan, Petersen Andrew, Liu Huisheng, Blackbourn Lisle W, Huang CindyTzu-Ling, Errigo Anthony, Yin Yingnan, Lu Jianfeng, Ayala Melvin, Zhang Su-Chun
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) presents motoneuron (MN)-selective protein inclusions and axonal degeneration but the underlying mechanisms of such are unknown. Using induced pluripotent cells (iPSCs) from patients with mutation in the Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) gene, we show that spinal MNs, but rarely non-MNs, exhibited neurofilament (NF) aggregation followed by neurite degeneration when glia were...
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