Pathological Proteins Are Transported by Extracellular Vesicles of Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Patients

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive adult-onset neurodegenerative disease, that affects cortical, bulbar and spinal motor neurons, and it is considered a proteinopathy, in which pathological proteins (SOD1, TDP-43, and FUS) may accumulate and interfere with neuronal functions eventu...

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Main Authors: Daisy Sproviero, Sabrina La Salvia, Marta Giannini, Valeria Crippa, Stella Gagliardi, Stefano Bernuzzi, Luca Diamanti, Mauro Ceroni, Orietta Pansarasa, Angelo Poletti, Cristina Cereda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2018.00487/full