S. S. Markandaiah

Engineered Chimeric Proteins Functionally Replace ALS-causing Endogenous FUS and TDP-43 to Improve Neuronal Health

Mislocalization and aggregation of the RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) FUS and TDP-43 are pathological hallmarks of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), contributing to combined loss- and gain-of-function toxicity. Here, we present a protein engineering strategy that appends optimized anti...