Article
Anti-aging treatments slow propagation of synucleinopathy by restoring lysosomal function.
Autophagy - 2 Oct 2016
Kim Dong-Kyu, Lim Hee-Sun, Kawasaki Ichiro, Shim Yhong-Hee, Vaikath Nishant N, El-Agnaf Omar M A, Lee He-Jin, Lee Seung-Jae
Abstract excerpt
Aging is the major risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases that are also associated with impaired proteostasis, resulting in abnormal accumulation of protein aggregates. However, the role of aging in development and progression of disease remains elusive. Here, we used Caenorhabditis elegans models to show that aging-promoting genetic variations accelerated the rate of cell-to-cell transmission of...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
