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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Neuropathol. 2017 Nov 18;135(1):13–32. doi: 10.1007/s00401-017-1788-5

Table 5.

ER stress and UPR system in PD models

Drug or gene modification αS pathology Neuronal loss Striatal DA reduction Motor behavior Remarks
SN Other region
Toxin Tunicamycin Yes Yes No ND Yes SN injection
Genetics ATF6a (KO) No Worse No ND No MPTP & probenecid injection
GRP78 (KD) Worse Worse No Worse No αS expression
ATF4 (TW) No Yes No Yes Yes rAAV expression in SN

ND: not determined; KO: knockout; KD: knockdown; TM: Transgenic mutant gene; TW: Transgenic wildtype gene.