Autophagy Dysregulation in ALS: When Protein Aggregates Get Out of Hand

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder that results from the loss of upper and lower motor neurons. One of the key pathological hallmarks in diseased neurons is the mislocalization of disease-associated proteins and the formation of cytoplasmic aggregates of these protei...

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Main Authors: Nandini Ramesh, Udai Bhan Pandey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
Subjects:
ALS
FUS
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnmol.2017.00263/full