Role of SORLA in neuronal insulin signaling

  • Sinha, Rishabhdev
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Publication date
January 2022
Language
English

Abstract

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of age-related dementia, characterized by cortical shrinkage and brain deposition of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. Metabolic complications, such as type 2 diabetes (T2D), are a major risk factor for developing AD. In fact, defects in neuronal insulin signaling are central to both AD and T2D, although the causal mechanisms linking both disease entities are not well understood. Recently, a sorting receptor termed sorting related receptor with A-type repeats (SORLA) has been shown to increase the cell surface expression of the insulin receptor (IR) in adipocytes, thereby enhancing the cellular response to insulin signals. Interestingly, SORLA has also been recognized as a major g...

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