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Caspar, an adapter for VAPB and TER94, modulates the progression of ALS8 by regulating IMD/NFκB-mediated glial inflammation in a Drosophila model of human disease.
Human molecular genetics - 25 Aug 2022
Tendulkar Shweta, Hegde Sushmitha, Garg Lovleen, Thulasidharan Aparna, Kaduskar Bhagyashree, Ratnaparkhi Anuradha, Ratnaparkhi Girish S
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal, late-onset, progressive motor neurodegenerative disorder. A key pathological feature of the disease is the presence of heavily ubiquitinated protein inclusions. Both the unfolded protein response and the ubiquitin-proteasome system appear significantly impaired in patients and animal models of ALS. We have studied cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in ALS...
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