Jerusalem, Beritasatu.com– A new study in Israel reveals the main causes of degenerative diseases including Parkinson’s. As reported Xinhua, Sunday (30/5/2021), the findings were revealed by researchers from Ben Gurion University (BGU).
During the aging process, according to BGU researchers, proteins in the body lose their proper structure and form aggregates that cause disease.
In one study published in the journal Nature Communications, BGU researchers found that the body’s protein quality control system resets over the years.
The brain protein-specific quality control system changes with age and loses its ability to maintain proper protein structure, and therefore can no longer prevent disease.
The study found that the control system for essential proteins, which are present in all tissue cells in the body, does not function the same way in every cell. But cells are adapted according to the amount of protein and interactions in each tissue.
Changes in the control system in the late days eliminate its specific compatibility with the network, and thus can no longer prevent destructive damage.
“This discovery could lead to the development of drugs that would maintain the ability to control protein quality in old age and therefore slow the progression of degenerative diseases,” conclude the researchers.
Source: BeritaSatu.com
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