Reactivated endogenous retroviruses promote protein aggregate spreading

Abstract Prion-like spreading of protein misfolding is a characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases, but the exact mechanisms of intercellular protein aggregate dissemination remain unresolved. Evidence accumulates that endogenous retroviruses, remnants of viral germline infections that are normal...

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Main Authors: Shu Liu, Stefanie-Elisabeth Heumüller, André Hossinger, Stephan A. Müller, Oleksandra Buravlova, Stefan F. Lichtenthaler, Philip Denner, Ina M. Vorberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40632-z