Loss of ALS2/Alsin exacerbates motor dysfunction in a SOD1-expressing mouse ALS model by disturbing endolysosomal trafficking.

ALS2/alsin is a guanine nucleotide exchange factor for the small GTPase Rab5 and involved in macropinocytosis-associated endosome fusion and trafficking, and neurite outgrowth. ALS2 deficiency accounts for a number of juvenile recessive motor neuron diseases (MNDs). Recently, it has been shown that...

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Main Authors: Shinji Hadano, Asako Otomo, Ryota Kunita, Kyoko Suzuki-Utsunomiya, Akira Akatsuka, Masato Koike, Masashi Aoki, Yasuo Uchiyama, Yasuto Itoyama, Joh-E Ikeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2842444?pdf=render