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Hsp72 (HSPA1A) Prevents Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Aggregation and Toxicity: A New Approach for Type 2 Diabetes Treatment.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Rosas Paola C, Nagaraja Ganachari M, Kaur Punit, Panossian Alexander, Wickman Georg, Garcia L Rene, Al-Khamis Fahd A, Asea Alexzander A A
Abstract excerpt
Type 2 diabetes is a growing public health concern and accounts for approximately 90% of all the cases of diabetes. Besides insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes is characterized by a deficit in β-cell mass as a result of misfolded human islet amyloid polypeptide (h-IAPP) which forms toxic aggregates that destroy pancreatic β-cells. Heat shock proteins (HSP) play an important role in combating the unwanted...
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