Elevated PGC-1 alpha Activity Sustains Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Muscle Function without Extending Survival in a Mouse Model of Inherited ALS

Sandrine Da Cruz; Philippe A Parone; Vanda S Lopes; Concepcion Lillo; Melissa McAlonis-Downes; Sandra K Lee; Anne P Vetto; Susanna Petrosyan; Martin Marsala; Anne N Murphy; David S Williams; Bruce M Spiegelman; Don W Cleveland

Journal article

Elevated PGC-1 alpha Activity Sustains Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Muscle Function without Extending Survival in a Mouse Model of Inherited ALS

Sandrine Da Cruz, Philippe A Parone, Vanda S Lopes, Concepcion Lillo, Melissa McAlonis-Downes, Sandra K Lee, Anne P Vetto, Susanna Petrosyan, Martin Marsala, Anne N Murphy, David S Williams, Bruce M Spiegelman, Don W Cleveland

Cell Metabolism | CELL PRESS | Published : 2012

DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2012.03.019

University of Melbourne Researchers

David Williams Author Clinical Pathology

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Funding Acknowledgements

We are very grateful to Prof. Randal Johnson for the use his treadmill apparatus. This work has been supported by grants from the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the NIH to D.W.C. S.D.C. was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the ALS Association. Salary support for D.W.C. is provided by the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. Support from the NIH and an RPB Jules and Doris Stein Professorship was also provided to D.S.W.