p62/SQSTM1, a protein receptor for selective autophagy, plays a neuroprotective role in mouse models of dementia (IMAGE)

The National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology

p62/SQSTM1, a protein receptor for selective autophagy, plays a neuroprotective role in mouse models of dementia

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Researchers from the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology prove that the protein p62 eliminates and prevents the formation of toxic tau protein aggregates and inflammation and degeneration of neurons

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Maiko Ono from National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Japan

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