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Caspases, proteases involved in programmed cell death, may have a role in Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s diseases. Localized caspase activation and apoptosis may be linked to the initiation of such chronic neurodegenerative diseases.
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Yuan, J., Yankner, B. Caspase activity sows the seeds of neuronal death. Nat Cell Biol 1, E44–E45 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/10037
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