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Nix restores mitophagy and mitochondrial function to protect against PINK1/Parkin-related Parkinson's disease.
Scientific reports - 10 Mar 2017
Koentjoro Brianada, Park Jin-Sung, Sue Carolyn M
Abstract excerpt
Therapeutic targets are needed to develop neuroprotective treatments for Parkinson's disease (PD). Mitophagy, the selective autophagic elimination of dysfunctional mitochondria, is essential for the maintenance of mitochondrial integrity and is predominantly regulated by the PINK1/Parkin-mediated pathway. Loss of function mutations in Parkin and PINK1 cause an accumulation of dysfunctional mitochondria, leading...
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