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Hyperactive Innate Immunity Causes Degeneration of Dopamine Neurons upon Altering Activity of Cdk5

Arvind Kumar Shukla, Joshua Spurrier, Irina Kuzina, Edward Giniger

2021Cell Reports41 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

(Cell Reports 26, 131–144.e1–e4; January 2, 2019) In the originally published version of this article, Tables S1 and S4 were omitted from the supplemental information PDF. The corrected version of the supplemental information PDF appears here, including the previously omitted Tables S1 and S4. The authors regret this error. Download .pdf (6.05 MB) Help with pdf files Hyperactive Innate Immunity Causes Degeneration of Dopamine Neurons upon Altering Activity of Cdk5Shukla et al.Cell ReportsJanuary 02, 2019In BriefHow can one disentangle the many pathologies of neurodegeneration from one another and from normal aging? Shukla et al. show that a mutation in Drosophila kills neurons by impairing autophagy, which in turn stimulates neurotoxic levels of innate immunity, and this acts synergistically with a parallel pathway that accelerates aging. Full-Text PDF Open Access

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Innate immune systemNeurodegenerationNeuroscienceAutophagyImmunityBiologyDopamineDegeneration (medical)ImmunologyGeneticsMedicineApoptosisDiseaseInternal medicineImmune systemPathologyAutophagy in Disease and TherapyMosquito-borne diseases and controlInvertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms