Activation of the ATF2/CREB-PGC-1α pathway by metformin leads to dopaminergic neuroprotection
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// Hojin Kang 1,2,* , Rin Khang 1,2,* , Sangwoo Ham 1,* , Ga Ram Jeong 3 , Hyojung Kim 1 , Minkyung Jo 1 , Byoung Dae Lee 3 , Yun Il Lee 4 , Areum Jo 1,2 , ChiHu Park 5,6 , Hyein Kim 1,5 , Jeongkon Seo 7 , Sun Ha Paek 8 , Yun-Song Lee 1 , Jeong-Yun Choi 1 , Yunjong Lee 1 and Joo-Ho Shin 1,2 1 Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Division of Pharmacology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Suwon, South Korea 2 Single Cell Network Research Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea 3 Department of Neuroscience, Department of Physiology, Neurodegeneration Control Research Center, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea 4 Department of New Biology, Daegu Geongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Daegu, South Korea 5 Research Core Facility, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Suwon, South Korea 6 HuGeX Co., Ltd. Seongnam, South Korea 7 UNIST Central Research Facility, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea 8 Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea * These authors have contributed equally to this work Correspondence to: Yunjong Lee, email: // Joo-Ho Shin, email: // Keywords : metformin, dopaminergic, Parkinson’s disease, PGC-1α, mitochondria, Gerotarget Received : October 10, 2016 Accepted : April 24, 2017 Published : May 24, 2017 Abstract Progressive…
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