Endoplasmic reticulum stress at the crossroads of progeria and atherosclerosis

Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a rare pathology caused by a specific mutation (c.1824C>T; p.G608G) in the LMNA gene (Eriksson et al, ). In healthy conditions, LMNA encodes lamins A and C, two major structural nuclear proteins. The mutation creates a splice site in exon 11, resulti...

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Main Authors: Elisa Di Pasquale, Gianluigi Condorelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-04-01
Series:EMBO Molecular Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.201910360