| Literature DB >> 33752254 |
Amir Ajoolabady1,2, Hamid Aslkhodapasandhokmabad3, Nils Henninger4,5, Laurie J Demillard6, Masoud Nikanfar1, Alireza Nourazarian1,2, Jun Ren6,7,8.
Abstract
Many neurodegenerative diseases are associated with pathological aggregation of proteins in neurons. Autophagy is a natural self-cannibalization process that can act as a powerful mechanism to remove aged and damaged organelles as well as protein aggregates. It has been shown that promoting autophagy can attenuate or delay neurodegeneration by removing protein aggregates. In this paper, we will review the role of autophagy in Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's Disease (PD), and Huntington's Disease (HD) and discuss opportunities and challenges of targeting autophagy as a potential therapeutic avenue for treatment of these common neurodegenerative diseases.Entities:
Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; Huntington's disease; Parkinson's disease; autophagy; neurodegenerative disease
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Year: 2021 PMID: 33752254 PMCID: PMC8204470 DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.13500
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol ISSN: 0305-1870 Impact factor: 2.963