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Characterization Of Neuronal Specific Responses To Induced Misfolded Protein Stress In Caenorhabditis Elegans, Claire Gormley
Characterization Of Neuronal Specific Responses To Induced Misfolded Protein Stress In Caenorhabditis Elegans, Claire Gormley
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
Abstract
Misfolded protein stress has been associated with many types of disease,
including neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s
disease. When a cell accumulates misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum,
misfolded protein stress occurs and the unfolded protein response (UPR) is triggered to
induce mechanisms that will allow the cell to either survive or undergo cell death. The
nascent polypeptide associated complex (NAC) is a co-translational chaperone and α/β
heterodimer that manages protein folding and localization, and protects against misfolded
protein stress; changes in NAC function have been linked to both neurodegeneration and
cancer. In these studies, I depleted …