Endoplasmic reticulum stress and the ER mitochondrial calcium cycle in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 166-177

  Lautenschlaeger, Janin ^a   Prell, Tino ^a   Grosskreutz, Julian ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Calcium dysregulation; ER stress; TDP 43; Unfolded protein response

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 6; CALCIUM; CALRETICULIN; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CYTOCHROME C; GLUCOSE REGULATED PROTEIN 78; GROWTH ARREST AND DNA DAMAGE INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 153; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEURONAL CALCIUM SENSOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE; PROTEIN IRE1; PROTEIN KINASE; TAR DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TUNICAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VABP PROTEIN; X BOX BINDING PROTEIN 1;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPSY; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CELL DEATH; CELL VACUOLE; CEREBELLUM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM MITOCHONDRIA CALCIUM CYCLE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TDP 43 PROTEINOPATHY; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; GOLGI APPARATUS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE;

EID: 84856607673     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482968.2011.641569     Document Type: Review

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