Monday, May 8, 2017

Shortage of progranulin is a frequent cause of frontotemporal dementia

Shortage of progranulin is a frequent cause of frontotemporal dementia:

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In a recent study in Human Molecular Genetics, researchers from VIB and KU Leuven led by prof. Philip Van Damme, reveal a novel function for progranulin in lysosomes: it acts as chaperone of the lysosomal protease cathepsin D. The results were obtained in collaboration with Prof. Paul Saftig from the University of Kiel.


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