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Complete phenotypic recovery of an Alzheimer's disease model by a quinone-tryptophan hybrid aggregation inhibitor.
PloS one - 14 Jun 2010
Scherzer-Attali Roni, Pellarin Riccardo, Convertino Marino, Frydman-Marom Anat, Egoz-Matia Nirit, Peled Sivan, Levy-Sakin Michal, Shalev Deborah E, Caflisch Amedeo, Gazit Ehud, Segal Daniel
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The rational design of amyloid oligomer inhibitors is yet an unmet drug development need. Previous studies have identified the role of tryptophan in amyloid recognition, association and inhibition. Furthermore, tryptophan was ranked as the residue with highest amyloidogenic propensity. Other studies have demonstrated that quinones, specifically anthraquinones, can serve as aggregation inhibitors probably due to...
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