NeuroscienceActa Neuropathologica CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
Protein farnesylation is upregulated in Alzheimer's human brains and neuron-specific suppression of farnesyltransferase mitigates pathogenic processes in Alzheimer's model mice
Angela Jeong, Shaowu Cheng, Rui Zhong…·Ling Li
The paper investigates the role of farnesyltransferase (FT) in Alzheimer's disease by analyzing human brain tissue and generating a mouse model with neuronal FT knockout, finding increased FT and farnesylation in AD and showing mitigation of pathology with FT suppression.