Interferon-γ 3 induces progressive nigrostriatal degeneration and basal ganglia calcification

Paramita Chakrabarty; Carolina Ceballos-Diaz; Wen Lang Lin; Amanda Beccard; Karen Jansen-West; Nikolaus R. McFarland; Christopher Janus; Dennis Dickson; Pritam Das; Todd E. Golde

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Interferon-γ 3 induces progressive nigrostriatal degeneration and basal ganglia calcification

Paramita Chakrabarty, Carolina Ceballos-Diaz, Wen Lang Lin, Amanda Beccard, Karen Jansen-West, Nikolaus R. McFarland, Christopher Janus, Dennis Dickson, Pritam Das, Todd E. Golde

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Abstract

We found that CNS-directed expression of interferon-γ 3 (IFN-γ 3) resulted in basal ganglia calcification, reminiscent of human idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (IBGC), and nigrostriatal degeneration. Our results indicate that IFN-γ 3 mediates age-progressive nigrostriatal degeneration in the absence of exogenous stressors. Further study of this model may provide insight into selective nigrostriatal degeneration in human IBGC and other Parkinson syndromes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	694-696
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature Neuroscience
Volume	14
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2829
State	Published - Jun 2011

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