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SUBMITTER: Salazar J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2587621 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Salazar Julio J Mena Natalia N Hunot Stephane S Prigent Annick A Alvarez-Fischer Daniel D Arredondo Miguel M Duyckaerts Charles C Sazdovitch Veronique V Zhao Lin L Garrick Laura M LM Nuñez Marco T MT Garrick Michael D MD Raisman-Vozari Rita R Hirsch Etienne C EC
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20081114 47
Dopaminergic cell death in the substantia nigra (SN) is central to Parkinson's disease (PD), but the neurodegenerative mechanisms have not been completely elucidated. Iron accumulation in dopaminergic and glial cells in the SN of PD patients may contribute to the generation of oxidative stress, protein aggregation, and neuronal death. The mechanisms involved in iron accumulation also remain unclear. Here, we describe an increase in the expression of an isoform of the divalent metal transporter 1 ...[more]