Drosophila models of Alzheimer's disease: advances, limits, and perspectives

S Bouleau, H Tricoire - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2015 - content.iospress.com
Amyloid-β protein precursor (AβPP) and the microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) are
the two key players involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and are associated with amyloid …

RAN translation at CGG repeats induces ubiquitin proteasome system impairment in models of fragile X-associated tremor ataxia syndrome

SY Oh, F He, A Krans, M Frazer… - Human molecular …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Fragile X-associated tremor ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a neurodegenerative disorder
caused by a CGG trinucleotide repeat expansion in the 5′ UTR of the Fragile X gene …

Steroid Receptor Isoform Expression in Drosophila Nociceptor Neurons Is Required for Normal Dendritic Arbor and Sensitivity

AL McParland, TL Follansbee, GD Vesenka… - Plos one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Steroid hormones organize many aspects of development, including that of the nervous
system. Steroids also play neuromodulatory and other activational roles, including …

[PDF][PDF] Heat shock proteins: Part III. Arthropods

SM Abaza - Parasitologists United Journal, 2015 - researchgate.net
A search made in old literature revealed a few studies conducted on HSP70 and Drosophila
spp. In this fly, the hsp70 genes were found to encode two heat shock proteins (HSPs)(68 …