Boosting ER-mitochondria calcium transfer to treat Wolfram syndrome.

Cell Calcium

Department of Pharmacology, Yale University, New Haven CT, USA; Department of Physiology, Yale University, New Haven CT, USA; Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address:

Published: June 2022

Wolfram syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by endocrine dysfunction and progressive neurodegeneration. By targeting intracellular calcium dysregulations, a sigma-1 receptor agonist rescued neurological deficits in preclinical models of Wolfram syndrome.

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