NeuroscienceThe EMBO JournalPeer-reviewed
Engrailed homeoprotein blocks degeneration in adult dopaminergic neurons through LINE-1 repression
François-Xavier Blaudin de Thé, Hocine Rekaik, Eugénie Pezé-Heidsieck…·Alain Prochiantz
The paper shows that Engrailed-1 protects dopaminergic neurons from degeneration by repressing LINE-1 expression, which is linked to oxidative stress-induced DNA damage.
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