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Oligomers of mutant glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) Inhibit the proteasome system in alexander disease astrocytes, and the small heat shock protein αB-crystallin reverses the inhibition (2010)
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Tang, G., Perng, M., Wilk, S., Quinlan, R., & Goldman, J. (2010). Oligomers of mutant glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) Inhibit the proteasome system in alexander disease astrocytes, and the small heat shock protein αB-crystallin reverses the inhibition. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285(14), 10527-10537. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m109.067975

The accumulation of the intermediate filament protein, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), in astrocytes of Alexander disease (AxD) impairs proteasome function in astrocytes. We have explored the molecular mechanism that underlies the proteasome... Read More about Oligomers of mutant glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) Inhibit the proteasome system in alexander disease astrocytes, and the small heat shock protein αB-crystallin reverses the inhibition.