Modulating the endoplasmic reticulum stress response attenuates neurodegeneration in a Caenorhabditis elegans model of spinal muscular atrophy
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a devastating autosomal recessive neuromuscular disease resulting in muscle atrophy and neurodegeneration, and is the leading genetic cause of infant death. SMA arises when there are homozygous deletion mutations in the human SMN1 gene, leading to a decrease in corre...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Company of Biologists
2020-12-01
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Series: | Disease Models & Mechanisms |
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Online Access: | http://dmm.biologists.org/content/13/12/dmm041350 |