The iron regulatory capability of the major protein participants in prevalent neurodegenerative disorders

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 5 APR, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wong, Bruce X ^a   Duce, James A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A synuclein; Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid precursor protein; Huntington's disease; Parkinson's disease; Prion disease; Prion protein; Tau

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CD71 ANTIGEN; CERULOPLASMIN; HUNTINGTIN; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN 2; PRION PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DMT1 GENE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NEURODEGENERATION WITH BRAIN IRON ACCUMULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; TFR1 GENE;

EID: 84901058201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2014.00081     Document Type: Review

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