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Repositioning tolcapone as a potent inhibitor of transthyretin amyloidogenesis and associated cellular toxicity
Transthyretin (TTR) is a plasma homotetrameric protein implicated in fatal systemic amyloidoses. TTR tetramer dissociation precedes pathological TTR aggregation. Native state stabilizers are promising drugs to treat TTR amyloidoses. Here we repurpose tolcapone, an FDA-approved molecule for Parkinson...
Autores principales: | Sant'Anna, Ricardo, Gallego, Pablo, Robinson, Lei Z., Pereira-Henriques, Alda, Ferreira, Nelson, Pinheiro, Francisca, Esperante, Sebastian, Pallares, Irantzu, Huertas, Oscar, Rosário Almeida, Maria, Reixach, Natàlia, Insa, Raul, Velazquez-Campoy, Adrian, Reverter, David, Reig, Núria, Ventura, Salvador |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4766415/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26902880 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10787 |
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