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Fall 2019
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by the accumulation of amyloid beta (Aβ) peptide. It has been proposed that AD pathology is transmissible by a “prion-like” mechanism through extracellular vesicles (EVs) that contain Aβ. In this context, EVs describe both microvesicles and exosomes,...
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Fall 2018
Huntington’s disease (HD) is a monogenic neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive choreic movements, dystonia, motor incoordination, cognitive decline and behavioural changes. HD is caused by an abnormal increase in the number of CAG repeats in the exon 1 of the huntingtin (HTT)...
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Fall 2017
Protein prenylation is the post-translational addition of isoprenoid lipid moieties to proteins, which regulates their subcellular localization and function. Farnesyl or geranylgeranyl isoprenoids are covalently linked to cysteines residues in a C-terminal prenylation recognition sequence in...