Therapeutic induction of autophagy to modulate neurodegenerative disease progression.

Acta Pharmacol Sin

Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0XY, United Kingdom.

Published: May 2013

There is accumulating evidence that aggregating, misfolded proteins may have an impact on autophagic function, suggesting that this could be a secondary pathological mechanism in many diseases. In this review, we focus on the role of autophagy in four major neurodegenerative diseases: Alzheimer disease (AD), Huntington's disease (HD), Parkinson's disease (PD) and amyotropic lateral sclerosis.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647215PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/aps.2012.189DOI Listing

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