Model of Hormone Quality Control Discovery (IMAGE)

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Model of Hormone Quality Control Discovery

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The researchers found that when the ERAD process worked normally, AVP hormone folding and secretion went well (blue). But when they turned off a key ERAD component, misfolded copies of AVP's precursor clumped with normal copies, and hormone secretion was disrupted.

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University of Michigan, Qi lab

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