Boosting the X Factor: Increasing XBP1s-mediated ER Stress Signaling Protects Motor Neurons in ALS/FTD

Overview

Journal Mol Ther

Publisher Cell Press

Specialties Molecular Biology
Pharmacology

Date 2025 Feb 25

PMID 39999835

Authors

Smita Saxena

Sabine Liebscher

Affiliations

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