The Effects of the Insulin Signaling Pathway on TDP-43 Neurotoxicity in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

The causes of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a fatal neurodegenerative disease that results in skeletal muscle paralysis, remain unclear. However, a nuclear DNA and RNA binding protein called TAR DNA binding protein 43 (TDP-43) has emerged as a critical marker of ALS pathology. A previous drug...

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Main Author: Riffer, Michelle Kori
Other Authors: Zarnescu, Daniela C.
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/613411
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/613411