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Yokukansan inhibits neuronal death during ER stress by regulating the unfolded protein response.
PloS one - 12 Oct 2010
Hiratsuka Toru, Matsuzaki Shinsuke, Miyata Shingo, Kinoshita Mitsuhiro, Kakehi Kazuaki, Nishida Shinji, Katayama Taiichi, Tohyama Masaya
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BACKGROUND: Recently, several studies have reported Yokukansan (Tsumura TJ-54), a traditional Japanese medicine, as a potential new drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is known to play an important role in the pathogenesis of AD, particularly in n...
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