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Small molecules present in the cerebrospinal fluid metabolome influence superoxide dismutase 1 aggregation.
International journal of molecular sciences - 17 Sept 2013
Cristóvão Joana S, Leal Sónia S, Cardoso Isabel, Gomes Cláudio M
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Superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) aggregation is one of the pathological markers of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal neurodegenerative disorder. The underlying molecular grounds of SOD1 pathologic aggregation remains obscure as mutations alone are not exclusively the cause for the formation of protein inclusions. Thus, other components in the cell environment likely play a key role in triggering SOD1...
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