Neuroimmunology: Mistaken identity
Nature Reviews Neuroscience 18, 452 (2017).
doi:10.1038/nrn.2017.87
Author: Sian Lewis
Fragments of the protein α-synuclein, which accumulates in substantia nigra neurons in Parkinson disease, are expressed on the surface of these substantia nigra neurons and induce a form of autoimmunity that could account for the degeneration of these cells in the disease.
Source: Nature Reviews Neuroscience - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Sian Lewis Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research