Disease: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ×
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0002736
Disease: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 		0.010 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE With excitotoxicity being a major mechanism proposed to cause motor neuron death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, our hypothesis was that excessive glutamate release by activated microglia through their system [Formula: see text] (a cystine/glutamate antiporter with the specific subunit xCT/Slc7a11) could contribute to neurodegeneration. 25384799 2015