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Absence of Tau triggers age-dependent sciatic nerve morphofunctional deficits a...
Lopes, Sofia Oliveira; Lopes, André Teixeira; Pinto, Vítor Manuel Silva; Guimarães, Marco Rafael; Sardinha, Vanessa Alexandra Morais; Silva, Sara DuarteDementia is the cardinal feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD), yet the clinical symptoms of this disorder also include a marked loss of motor function. Tau abnormal hyperphosphorylation and malfunction are well-established key events in AD neuropathology but the impact of the loss of normal Tau function in neuronal degeneration and subsequent behavioral deficits is still debated. While Tau reduction has been inc...
Dominant negative effect of polyglutamine expansion perturbs normal function of...
Carvalho, Andreia Alexandra Neves; Logarinho, Elsa; Freitas, Ana; Silva, Sara Duarte; Costa, Maria do Carmo; Fernandes, Anabela SilvaThe physiological function of Ataxin-3 (ATXN3), a deubiquitylase (DUB) involved in Machado–Joseph Disease (MJD), remains elusive. In this study, we demonstrate that ATXN3 is required for neuronal differentiation and for normal cell morphology, cytoskeletal organization, proliferation and survival of SH-SY5Y and PC12 cells. This cellular phenotype is associated with increased proteasomal degradation of a5 integr...