Oligopeptides
New Oligopeptides Study Findings Reported from M. Garrido and Co-Authors
Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, May 12th, 2011
2011 MAY 12 -- According to recent research from Gottingen, Germany, "Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by severe motor deficits mainly due to degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Decreased levels of the cell's most important anti-oxidant, glutathione, have been detected in nigral neurons of Parkinson patients, but it is unknown if they are the cause or merely the consequence of the disease."
"To elucidate if glutathione depletion causes selective degeneration of nigral dopaminergic neurons, we down-regulated glutathione synthesis in different brain areas of adult rats by a viral vector-based RNAi...
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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2011-05-12)
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