Guam ALS-PDC is a distinct double-prion disorder featuring both tau and Aβ prions
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2220984120
Abstract: Significance A rare neurodegenerative disorder endemic to Guam features several types of protein lesions scattered throughout the nervous system and manifests clinical signs of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, parkinsonism, and dementia. Despite many genetic and environmental… read more here.
Keywords: distinct double; pdc distinct; tau prions; guam als ... See more keywords
Brain Transcriptome Analysis Links Deficiencies of Stress-Responsive Proteins to the Pathomechanism of Kii ALS/PDC
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DOI: 10.3390/antiox9050423
Abstract: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Parkinsonism-dementia complex (ALS/PDC) is a unique endemic neurodegenerative disease, with high-incidence foci in Kii Peninsula, Japan. To gather new insights into the pathological mechanisms underlying Kii ALS/PDC, we performed transcriptome analyses… read more here.
Keywords: kii als; stress responsive; transcriptome analysis; als pdc ... See more keywords