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Increased brain bio-distribution and chemical stability and decreased immunogenicity of an engineered variant of GDNF.
Experimental neurology - 1 May 2015
Smith Rosamund C, O'Bryan Linda M, Mitchell Pamela J, Leung Donmienne, Ghanem Mahmoud, Wilson Jonathan M, Hanson Jeff C, Sossick Sandra, Cooper Jane, Huang Lihua, Merchant Kalpana M, Lu Jirong, O'Neill Michael J
Abstract excerpt
Several lines of evidence indicate that Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is a trophic factor for dopaminergic neurons. Direct parenchymal administration of GDNF is robustly neuroprotective and neurorestorative in multiple neurotoxin-based animal models (rat and non-human primate (NHP)) of Parkinson's Disease (PD), suggesting its potential as a therapeutic agent. Although small, open-label...
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