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Targeting of monomer/misfolded SOD1 as a therapeutic strategy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 27 Jun 2012
Liu Hsueh-Ning, Tjostheim Sonja, Dasilva Kevin, Taylor David, Zhao Beibei, Rakhit Rishi, Brown Mary, Chakrabartty Avijit, McLaurin Joanne, Robertson Janice
Abstract excerpt
There is increasing evidence that toxicity of mutant superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is linked to its propensity to misfold and to aggregate. Immunotargeting of differently folded states of SOD1 has provided therapeutic benefit in mutant SOD1 transgenic mice. The specific region(s) of the SOD1 protein to which these immunization approaches target are, however, unknown. In...
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