Rescue of mutant rhodopsin traffic by metformin-induced AMPK activation accelerates photoreceptor degeneration

  • Dimitra Athanasiou
  • , Monica Aguila
  • , Chikwado A. Opefi
  • , Kieron South
  • , James Bellingham
  • , Dalila Bevilacqua
  • , Peter M. Munro
  • , Naheed Kanuga
  • , Francesca E. Mackenzie
  • , Adam M. Dubis
  • , Anastasios Georgiadis
  • , Anna B. Graca
  • , Rachael A. Pearson
  • , Robin R. Ali
  • , Sanae Sakami
  • , Krzysztof Palczewski
  • , Michael Y. Sherman
  • , Philip J. Reeves
  • , Michael E. Cheetham

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    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)305-319
    JournalHuman Molecular Genetics
    Volume26
    Issue number2
    Early online date30 Nov 2016
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 15 Jan 2017

    Bibliographical note

    Note: This work was supported by RP Fighting Blindness [grant numbers: GR580, GR572 and GR563], The BIG Lottery Fund, Fight for Sight, the Wellcome Trust [grant numbers 092621 and 099173], the National Institutes of Health [grant number EY022326] and Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation.

    Keywords

    • Biological sciences

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