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TMEM106B, a frontotemporal lobar dementia (FTLD) modifier, associates with FTD-3-linked CHMP2B, a complex of ESCRT-III.
Molecular brain - 10 Dec 2015
Jun Mi-Hee, Han Jeong-Ho, Lee Yu-Kyung, Jang Deok-Jin, Kaang Bong-Kiun, Lee Jin-A
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BACKGROUND: Transmembrane protein 106B (TMEM106B) has been identified as a risk factor for frontotemporal lobar degeneration, which is the second most common form of progressive dementia in people under 65 years of age. Mutations in charged multivesicular body protein 2B (CHMP2B), which is involved in endosomal protein trafficking, have been found in chromosome 3-linked frontotemporal dementia. Despite the number...
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