Cell biology of protein misfolding: The examples of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases
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- 1 November 2004
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Cell Biology
- Vol. 6 (11) , 1054-1061
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb1104-1054
Abstract
The salutary intersection of fundamental cell biology with the study of disease is well illustrated by the emerging elucidation of neurodegenerative disorders. Novel mechanisms in cell biology have been uncovered through disease-orientated research; for example, the discovery of presenilin as an intramembrane aspartyl protease that processes many diverse proteins within the lipid bilayer. A common theme has arisen in this field: normally-soluble proteins accumulate, misfold and oligomerize, inducing cytotoxic effects that are particularly devastating in the post-mitotic milieu of the neuron.Keywords
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