ALS-associated mutant FUS induces selective motor neuron degeneration through toxic gain of function

ALS-associated mutant FUS induces selective motor neuron degeneration through toxic gain of function

The mechanism by which FUS mutations cause familial ALS remains unclear. Here, the authors use mouse transgenic models to show that a toxic gain-of-function underlies motor neuron degeneration, and that the toxicity of mutant FUS does not depend on a loss or excess of FUS activity.

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Main Authors: Aarti Sharma, Alexander K. Lyashchenko, Lei Lu, Sara Ebrahimi Nasrabady, Margot Elmaleh, Monica Mendelsohn, Adriana Nemes, Juan Carlos Tapia, George Z. Mentis, Neil A. Shneider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10465

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https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10465

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