Drosophila

Table 1.

Drosophila Transgenic Models of Neurodegenerative Disease

Disease Modeled Affected Protein Key References
aPar-1, protease-activated receptor-1.
bFMR1, Fragile X mental retardation-1.
Alzheimer tau (61)
Alzheimer β-amyloid (62, 63)
Alzheimer Amyloid precursor protein (APP) (63)
Alzheimer Presenilin (63)
Alzheimer BACE (β-site APP-cleaving enzyme) (63)
Alzheimer PAR-1a (64)
Fragile X FMR1b (90 rCGG repeats) (65)
Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Spastin (66)
Huntington polyQ (67)
Huntington Huntingtin (16)
Kennedy Androgen receptor (68)
Machado-Joseph Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) (18)
Neuronal Ceroid Lipfuscinoses Palmitoyl-protein thioesterase I (69)
Parkinson α–synuclein (1, 50, 77)
Spinocerebellar Ataxia SCA1 (17)
Spinal & Bulbar Muscular Atrophy Androgen receptor (19)
Spinocerebellar Ataxia SCA8 (Noncoding RNA) (70)
Spinocerebellar Ataxia type 2 Ataxin-2 SCA2 (71)

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  1. MI October 2005 vol. 5 no. 5 292-303