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Cooperative stabilization of transthyretin by clusterin and diflunisal.
Biochemistry - 20 Jan 2015
Greene Michael J, Klimtchuk Elena S, Seldin David C, Berk John L, Connors Lawreen H
Abstract excerpt
The circulating protein transthyretin (TTR) can unfold, oligomerize, and form highly structured amyloid fibrils that are deposited in tissues, causing organ damage and disease. This pathogenic process is caused by a heritable TTR point mutation in cases of familial TTR-related amyloidosis or wild-type TTR in cases of age-associated amyloidosis (previously called senile systemic amyloidosis). The TTR amyloid...
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