Autophagy failure in Alzheimer's disease—locating the primary defect

Autophagy, the major degradative pathway for organelles and long-lived proteins, is essential for the survival of neurons. Mounting evidence has implicated defective autophagy in the pathogenesis of several major neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer's disease (AD). A continuum of...

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Main Authors: Ralph A. Nixon, Dun-Sheng Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-07-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996111000337