Article
Cordycepin activates autophagy through AMPK phosphorylation to reduce abnormalities in Machado–Joseph disease models
12 Sept 2018
Abstract excerpt
Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by an abnormal expansion of citosine-adenine-guanine trinucleotide repeats in the disease-causing gene. This mutation leads to an abnormal polyglutamine tract in the protein ataxin-3 (Atx3), resulting in formation of mutant Atx3 aggregates. Despite several attempts to develop a therapeutic option for MJD, currently there are no available...
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