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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