Inhibition of mTOR induces autophagy and reduces toxicity of polyglutamine expansions in fly and mouse models of Huntington disease

LC3, a mammalian homologue of yeast Apg8p, is localized in autophagosome membranes after processing

The EMBO Journal · 2000 · 6.5K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +11

Exon 1 of the HD Gene with an Expanded CAG Repeat Is Sufficient to Cause a Progressive Neurological Phenotype in Transgenic Mice

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Formation of Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusions Underlies the Neurological Dysfunction in Mice Transgenic for the HD Mutation

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Huntingtin Acts in the Nucleus to Induce Apoptosis but Death Does Not Correlate with the Formation of Intranuclear Inclusions

Frédéric Saudou, Steven Finkbeiner, Didier Devys et al. · Cell · 1998 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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α-Synuclein Is Degraded by Both Autophagy and the Proteasome

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