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Axonal transport and neurological disease

Sleigh, JN; Rossor, AM; Fellows, AD; Tosolini, AP; Schiavo, G; (2019) Axonal transport and neurological disease. Nature Reviews Neurology , 15 pp. 691-703. 10.1038/s41582-019-0257-2. Green open access

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Abstract

Axonal transport is the process whereby motor proteins actively navigate microtubules to deliver diverse cargoes, such as organelles, from one end of the axon to the other, and is widely regarded as essential for nerve development, function and survival. Mutations in genes encoding key components of the transport machinery, including motor proteins, motor adaptors and microtubules, have been discovered to cause neurological disease. Moreover, disruptions in axonal cargo trafficking have been extensively reported across a wide range of nervous system disorders. However, whether these impairments have a major causative role in, are contributing to or are simply a consequence of neuronal degeneration remains unclear. Therefore, the fundamental relevance of defective trafficking along axons to nerve dysfunction and pathology is often debated. In this article, we review the latest evidence emerging from human and in vivo studies on whether perturbations in axonal transport are indeed integral to the pathogenesis of neurological disease.

Type: Article
Title: Axonal transport and neurological disease
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/s41582-019-0257-2
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-019-0257-2
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Neurodegenerative diseases, Neurodevelopmental disorders
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Department of Neuromuscular Diseases
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10083572
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