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Inhibiting Human Calcitonin Fibril Formation with Its Most Relevant Aggregation-Resistant Analog.
The journal of physical chemistry. B - 5 Dec 2019
Chen Yi-Ting, Hu Kai-Wei, Huang Bo-Jie, Lai Chian-Hui, Tu Ling-Hsien
Abstract excerpt
The most common obstacles to the development of therapeutic polypeptides are peptide stability and aggregation. Human calcitonin (hCT) is a 32-residue hormone polypeptide secreted from the C-cells of the thyroid gland and is responsible for calcium and phosphate regulation in the blood. hCT reduces calcium levels by inhibiting the activity of osteoclasts, which are bone cells that are mainly responsible for...
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