Review Article

Hsp70 and Its Molecular Role in Nervous System Diseases

Table 1

Neurodegenerative diseases and protein deposits.

DiseaseInclusionAbnormal protein

Alzheimer diseaseExtracellular neuritic plaqueAβ peptide
Cytosolic neurofibrillatory tanglesTau
Parkinson diseaseLewy bodiesα-synuclein
Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosisIntracellular inclusionsSOD1
Huntington diseaseNuclear, cytosolic inclusionHuntingtin
Spinocerebellar ataxia 1, 2, 3Nuclear inclusionsAtaxin 1, 2, 3
Spinobulbar muscular atrophyNuclear inclusionsAndrogen receptors