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Toshitaka Kawarai

Researcher at University of Tokushima

Publications -  132
Citations -  7307

Toshitaka Kawarai is an academic researcher from University of Tokushima. The author has contributed to research in topics: Hereditary spastic paraplegia & Presenilin. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 131 publications receiving 6778 citations. Previous affiliations of Toshitaka Kawarai include University Health Network & University of Toronto.

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The neuronal sortilin-related receptor SORL1 is genetically associated with Alzheimer disease

TL;DR: It is reported here that inherited variants in the SORL1 neuronal sorting receptor are associated with late-onset Alzheimer disease, and it is shown that SOR l1 directs trafficking of APP into recycling pathways and that when SORl1 is underexpressed, APP is sorted into Aβ-generating compartments.
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Wild-type PINK1 prevents basal and induced neuronal apoptosis, a protective effect abrogated by Parkinson disease-related mutations.

TL;DR: Results suggest that PINK1 reduces the basal neuronal pro-apoptotic activity and protects neurons from staurosporine-induced apoptosis, and loss of this protective function may underlie the degeneration of nigral dopaminergic neurons in patients with Pink1 mutations.
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Hereditary spastic paraplegia: Clinical-genetic characteristics and evolving molecular mechanisms

TL;DR: Interactome networks have been postulated by bioinformatics and biological analyses of spastic paraplegia genes, which would contribute to the development of new therapeutic approaches.