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Cell-permeable parkin proteins suppress Parkinson disease-associated phenotypes in cultured cells and animals.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Duong Tam, Kim Jaetaek, Ruley H Earl, Jo Daewoong
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder of complex etiology characterized by the selective loss of dopaminergic neurons, particularly in the substantia nigra. Parkin, a tightly regulated E3 ubiquitin ligase, promotes the survival of dopaminergic neurons in both PD and Parkinsonian syndromes induced by acute exposures to neurotoxic agents. The present study assessed the potential of cell-permeable...
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