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Dihydropyridine Derivatives Modulate Heat Shock Responses and have a Neuroprotective Effect in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 7 May 2016
Kasza Ágnes, Hunya Ákos, Frank Zsuzsa, Fülöp Ferenc, Török Zsolt, Balogh Gábor, Sántha Miklós, Bálind Árpád, Bernáth Sándor, Blundell Katie L I M, Prodromou Chrisostomos, Horváth Ibolya, Zeiler Hans-Joachim, Hooper Philip L, Vigh László, Penke Botond
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Heat shock proteins (Hsps) have chaperone activity and play a pivotal role in the homeostasis of proteins by preventing misfolding, by clearing aggregated and damaged proteins from cells, and by maintaining proteins in an active state. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is thought to be caused by amyloid-β peptide that triggers tau hyperphosphorylation, which is neurotoxic. Although proteostasis capacity declines with age...
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