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Inhibition of TTR aggregation-induced cell death--a new role for serum amyloid P component.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Andersson Karin, Pokrzywa Malgorzata, Dacklin Ingrid, Lundgren Erik
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Serum amyloid P component (SAP) is a glycoprotein that is universally found associated with different types of amyloid deposits. It has been suggested that it stabilizes amyloid fibrils and therefore protects them from proteolytic degradation. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In this paper, we show that SAP binds not only to mature amyloid fibrils but also to early aggregates of amyloidogenic mutants...
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