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Neurofilaments and neurological disease
Author(s) -
AlChalabi Ammar,
Miller Christopher C. J.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.10251
Subject(s) - neurofilament , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , cytoskeleton , intermediate filament , neuroscience , disease , biology , pathology , medicine , genetics , immunohistochemistry , cell
Neurofilaments are one of the major components of the neuronal cytoskeleton and are responsible for maintaining the calibre of axons. They are modified by post‐translational changes that are regulated in complex fashions including by the interaction with neighbouring glial cells. Neurofilament accumulations are seen in several neurological diseases and neurofilament mutations have now been associated with Charcot‐Marie‐Tooth disease, Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In this review, we discuss the structure, normal function and molecular pathology of neurofilaments. BioEssays 25:346–355, 2003. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.