Antihypertensive Drug Guanabenz Is Active In Vivo against both Yeast and Mammalian Prions

BACKGROUND: Prion-based diseases are incurable transmissible neurodegenerative disorders affecting animals and humans. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Here we report the discovery of the in vivo antiprion activity of Guanabenz (GA), an agonist of α2-adrenergic receptors routinely used in human medic...

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Autores principales: Tribouillard-Tanvier, Déborah, Béringue, Vincent, Desban, Nathalie, Gug, Fabienne, Bach, Stéphane, Voisset, Cécile, Galons, Hervé, Laude, Hubert, Vilette, Didier, Blondel, Marc
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2291559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18431471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001981

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2291559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18431471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001981

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