Human endogenous retrovirus-K contributes to motor neuron disease.
Li W, Lee MH, Henderson L, Tyagi R, Bachani M, Steiner J, Campanac E, Hoffman DA, von Geldern G, Johnson K, Maric D, Morris HD, Lentz M, Pak K, Mammen A, Ostrow L, Rothstein J, Nath A.
Li W, et al.
Sci Transl Med. 2015 Sep 30;7(307):307ra153. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aac8201.
Sci Transl Med. 2015.
PMID: 26424568
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The virus was expressed in cortical and spinal neurons of ALS patients, but not in neurons from control healthy individuals. Expression of HERV-K or its env protein in human neurons caused retraction and beading of neurites. ...Thus, HERV-K expression …
The virus was expressed in cortical and spinal neurons of ALS patients, but not in neurons from control healthy individuals. Expression of …