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Lack of evidence of monomer/misfolded superoxide dismutase-1 in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Annals of neurology - 1 Jul 2009
Liu Hsueh-Ning, Sanelli Teresa, Horne Patrick, Pioro Erik P, Strong Michael J, Rogaeva Ekaterina, Bilbao Juan, Zinman Lorne, Robertson Janice
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OBJECTIVE: In familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (fALS) harboring superoxide dismutase (SOD1) mutations (fALS1), SOD1 toxicity has been linked to its propensity to misfold and aggregate. It has recently been proposed that misfolded SOD1 may be causative of all types of ALS, including sporadic...
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