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Huntington's Disease Pathogenesis Is Modified In Vivo by Alfy/Wdfy3 and Selective Macroautophagy

  • Leora M. Fox
  • , Kiryung Kim
  • , Christopher W. Johnson
  • , Shawei Chen
  • , Katherine R. Croce
  • , Matheus B. Victor
  • , Evelien Eenjes
  • , Joan R. Bosco
  • , Lisa K. Randolph
  • , Ioannis Dragatsis
  • , Joanna M. Dragich
  • , Andrew S. Yoo
  • , Ai Yamamoto

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Abstract

Fox et al. demonstrate in a Huntington's disease (HD) mouse model and HD-patient-derived neurons that the autophagy adaptor protein Alfy/WDFY3 is required for removal of aggregated protein and that depletion of Alfy hastens the pathogenic onset of HD.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)813-821.e6
JournalNeuron
Volume105
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Mar 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Alfy
  • Huntington's disease
  • Wdfy3
  • autophagy
  • direct conversion
  • mice
  • neurodegeneration
  • patient fibroblasts
  • proteinopathy
  • selective autophagy

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