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Title
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Mechanisms of Alpha-Synuclein-Induced Neurodegenertaion in Parkinson's Disease and Stroke.
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Creator
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Belal, Cherine, Chan, Sic, Ebert, Steven, Self, William, Teter, Kenneth, University of Central Florida
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Abstract / Description
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder affecting one million Americans. Despite its social and economic impact, the pathological cascades that lead to neuron dysfunction and degeneration in PD are poorly understood. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been implicated as an initiator or contributing factor in neurodegenerative diseases including PD. The ER is an organelle central to protein folding and intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis. Perturbations of these...
Show moreParkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder affecting one million Americans. Despite its social and economic impact, the pathological cascades that lead to neuron dysfunction and degeneration in PD are poorly understood. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been implicated as an initiator or contributing factor in neurodegenerative diseases including PD. The ER is an organelle central to protein folding and intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis. Perturbations of these functions result in ER stress and upregulation of ER stress proteins, of which some have been implicated in counteracting ER stress-induced cell death. The mechanisms that lead to ER stress and how ER stress proteins contribute to the degenerative cascades remain unclear but their understanding is critical to devising effective therapies for PD. Both the accumulation of mutant a-synuclein (aSyn), which causes an inherited form of PD, and the inhibition of mitochondrial complex I function by PD-inducing neurotoxin lead to ER stress. The critical involvement of ER stress in experimental models of PD supports its potential relevance to PD pathogenesis and led us to test the hypothesis whether the homocysteine-inducible ER protein (Herp), an ubiquitin-like domain (UBD) containing ER-resident protein, can counteract mutant Alpha Syn- and neurotoxin- induced pathological cascades.
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Date Issued
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2011
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Identifier
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CFE0004470, ucf:49310
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Format
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004470
