Chantelle Sephton

@chantellesephton.bsky.social

I am a Full Professor at Université Laval and our research focuses on understanding the complex mechanisms driving amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Frontotemporal dementia (FTD). For more info: https://www.sephtonlab.ca

I am delighted to share our new publication! Huge thanks to my team and all of our outstanding co-authors for their contributions to this work: Targeting lipid droplets in FUS-linked amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mitigates neuronal and astrocytic lipotoxicity: academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

Targeting lipid droplets in FUS-linked amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mitigates neuronal and astrocytic lipotoxicity

ALS leads to loss of motor neurons, muscle atrophy and systemic energy imbalance. Marcadet and Pelaez et al. report lipid droplet accumulation and peroxida

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