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Protein misdirection inside and outside motor neurons in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): a possible clue for therapeutic strategies.
International journal of molecular sciences - 1 Jan 2011
Ido Akemi, Fukuyama Hidenao, Urushitani Makoto
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive muscle wasting and weakness with no effective cure. Emerging evidence supports the notion that the abnormal conformations of ALS-linked proteins play a central role in triggering the motor neuron degeneration. In particular, mutant types of superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) and TAR DNA binding protein 43kDa...
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