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Characterization of a Cul9-Parkin double knockout mouse model for Parkinson's disease.
Scientific reports - 9 Oct 2020
Hollville Emilie, Joers Valerie, Nakamura Ayumi, Swahari Vijay, Tansey Malú G, Moy Sheryl S, Deshmukh Mohanish
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial quality control is essential for the long-term survival of postmitotic neurons. The E3 ubiquitin ligase Parkin promotes the degradation of damaged mitochondria via mitophagy and mutations in Parkin are a major cause of early-onset Parkinson's disease (PD). Surprisingly however, mice deleted for Parkin alone are rather asymptomatic for PD-related pathology, suggesting that other complementary or...
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