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Minute quantities of misfolded mutant superoxide dismutase-1 cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Jan 2004
Jonsson P Andreas, Ernhill Karin, Andersen Peter M, Bergemalm Daniel, Brännström Thomas, Gredal Ole, Nilsson Peter, Marklund Stefan L
Abstract excerpt
Mutant forms of superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1) cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by an unknown noxious mechanism. Using an antibody against a novel epitope in the G127insTGGG mutation, mutant SOD1 was studied for the first time in spinal cord and brain of an ALS patient. The level was below 0.5% of the SOD1 level in controls. In corresponding transgenic mice the content of mutant SOD1 was also low,...
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