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The Parkinson's disease-related protein DJ-1 protects dopaminergic neurons in vivo and cultured cells from alpha-synuclein and 6-hydroxydopamine toxicity.
Neuro-degenerative diseases - 1 Jan 2015
Batelli Sara, Invernizzi Roberto William, Negro Alessandro, Calcagno Eleonora, Rodilossi Serena, Forloni Gianluigi, Albani Diego
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BACKGROUND: Dopaminergic degeneration is a major finding in brains of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), together with Lewy bodies, intraneuronal inclusions mainly composed of the fibrillogenic protein α-synuclein (α-syn). The familial-PD-related protein DJ-1 was reported to reduce dopaminergic degeneration triggered by α-syn or by the dopaminergic-selective neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA). OBJECTIVE:...
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