Tau normal function influences Niemann-Pick type C disease pathogenesis in mice and modulates autophagy in NPC1-deficient cells

Autophagy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 548-550

  Pacheco, Chris D ^a   Elrick, Mathew J ^a   Lieberman, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Macroautophagy; Microtubule associated protein tau; Mouse models; Neurodegenerative disease; Niemann Pick type C disease

Indexed keywords

NIEMANN PICK DISEASE TYPE C 1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; DELETION MUTANT; FIBROBLAST; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MUS;

EID: 66349132298     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/auto.5.4.8364     Document Type: Article

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