Antisense proline-arginine RAN dipeptides linked to C9ORF72-ALS/FTD form toxic nuclear aggregates that initiate in vitro and in vivo neuronal death.

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Published in Neuron on December 17, 2014

Authors

Xinmei Wen1, Wenzhi Tan1, Thomas Westergard1, Karthik Krishnamurthy1, Shashirekha S Markandaiah1, Yingxiao Shi2, Shaoyu Lin2, Neil A Shneider3, John Monaghan4, Udai B Pandey4, Piera Pasinelli1, Justin K Ichida2, Davide Trotti5

Author Affiliations

1: Frances and Joseph Weinberg Unit for ALS Research, Department of Neuroscience, Thomas Jefferson University, 900 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
2: Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
3: Department of Neurology, The Center for Motor Neuron Biology and Disease, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
4: Department of Pediatrics, Child Neurology and Neurobiology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, One Children's Hospital Drive, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
5: Frances and Joseph Weinberg Unit for ALS Research, Department of Neuroscience, Thomas Jefferson University, 900 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. Electronic address: davide.trotti@jefferson.edu.

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