Non-fibrillar Amyloidogenic Protein Assemblies - Common Cytotoxins Underlying Degenerative Diseases

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rahimi, Farid (Editor), Bitan, Gal (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Pathology.; Proteins.; Neurobiology.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Protein Science.; Protein Structure.

Aberrant protein folding and self-assembly underlie over 30 human diseases called amyloidoses, for which currently there is no cure. The diseases range from tissue-specific to systemic and from genetic to sporadic. Some of the most devastating amyloidoses are those that affect the central nervous sy...