Rapamycin as a potential treatment for succinate dehydrogenase deficiency

Drosophila melanogaster is a powerful model to study mitochondrial respiratory chain defects, particularly succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) deficiency. Mutations in sdh genes cause degenerative disorders and often lead to death. Therapies for such pathologies are based on a combination of vitamins and...

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Main Authors: Frances Fan, Rheba Sam, Emma Ryan, Katherine Alvarado, Eugenia Villa-Cuesta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-02-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844018338416