shRNA-Based Screen Identifies Endocytic Recycling Pathway Components That Act as Genetic Modifiers of Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation, Secretion and Toxicity.

Alpha-Synuclein (aSyn) misfolding and aggregation is common in several neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies, which are known as synucleinopathies. Accumulating evidence suggests that secretion and cell-to-cell trafficking of pathological forms...

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Main Authors: Susana A Gonçalves, Diana Macedo, Helena Raquel, Pedro D Simões, Flaviano Giorgini, José S Ramalho, Duarte C Barral, Luís Ferreira Moita, Tiago Fleming Outeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-04-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4849646?pdf=render