Heat shock protein-70 (Hsp-70) suppresses paraquat-induced neurodegeneration by inhibiting JNK and caspase-3 activation in Drosophila model of Parkinson's disease.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders with limited clinical interventions. A number of epidemiological as well as case-control studies have revealed an association between pesticide exposure, especially of paraquat (PQ) and occurrence of PD. Hsp70, a mol...

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Main Authors: Arvind Kumar Shukla, Prakash Pragya, Hitesh Singh Chaouhan, Anand Krishna Tiwari, Devendra Kumar Patel, Malik Zainul Abdin, Debapratim Kar Chowdhuri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4041817?pdf=render