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Calpain inhibitors: a treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 Jan 2000
Di Rosa Gabriella, Odrijin Tatjana, Nixon Ralph A, Arancio Ottavio
Abstract excerpt
Activation of the calpain system might contribute to the impairment of synaptic transmission in Alzheimer's disease (AD) (Liu et al., 1999; Rapoport, 1999; Selkoe, 1994). Calpains regulate the function of many proteins by limited proteolysis and initiate the complete degradation of other proteins. In particular, they modulate processes that govern the function and metabolism of proteins key to the pathogenesis of...
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