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Activation of the Unfolded Protein Response in Sporadic Inclusion-Body Myositis but Not in Hereditary GNE Inclusion-Body Myopathy.
Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology - 1 Jun 2015
Nogalska Anna, D'Agostino Carla, Engel W King, Cacciottolo Mafalda, Asada Shinichi, Mori Kazutoshi, Askanas Valerie
Abstract excerpt
Muscle fibers in patients with sporadic inclusion-body myositis (s-IBM),the most common age-associated myopathy, are characterized by autophagic vacuoles and accumulation of ubiquitinated and congophilic multiprotein aggregates that contain amyloid-β and phosphorylated tau. Muscle fibers of autosomal-recessive hereditary inclusion-body myopathy caused by the GNE mutation (GNE-h-IBM) display similar pathologic...
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