After axonal insult and injury, Dual leucine-zipper kinase (DLK) conveys retrograde pro-degenerative signals to neuronal cell bodies via its downstream target c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). We ...
Neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease involve progressive neuronal loss due to disease-induced damage. An enzyme known as dual leucine-zipper kinase (DLK) ...
Dual leucine-zipper kinase (DLK) is implicated in at least two distinct processes that drive neurodegeneration: retrograde (axon-to-soma) signaling to activate pro-degenerative transcription programs, ...