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SUBMITTER: Yamada T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5222987 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yamada Tatsuya T Adachi Yoshihiro Y Fukaya Masahiro M Iijima Miho M Sesaki Hiromi H
The American journal of pathology 20160915 11
Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that divide and fuse to modulate their number and shape. We have previously reported that the loss of dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1), which mediates mitochondrial division, leads to the degeneration of cerebellar Purkinje cells in mice. Because Drp1 has been shown to be important for apoptosis and necroptosis, it is puzzling how Purkinje neurons die in the absence of Drp1. In this study, we tested whether neurodegeneration involves necrotic cell death by gen ...[more]