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Transthyretin oligomers induce calcium influx via voltage-gated calcium channels.
Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Jan 2007
Hou Xu, Parkington Helena C, Coleman Harold A, Mechler Adam, Martin Lisandra L, Aguilar Marie-Isabel, Small David H
Abstract excerpt
The deposition of transthyretin (TTR) amyloid in the PNS is a major pathological feature of familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy. The aim of the present study was to examine whether TTR could disrupt cytoplasmic Ca(2+) homeostasis and to determine the role of TTR aggregation in this process. The aggregation of amyloidogenic TTR was examined by solution turbidity, dynamic light scattering and atomic force...
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