Protein disulfide isomerase interacts with tau protein and inhibits its fibrillization.

BACKGROUND: Tau protein is implicated in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders such as tauopathies including Alzheimer disease, and Tau fibrillization is thought to be related to neuronal toxicity. Physiological inhibitors of Tau fibrillization hold promise for developing new strategies fo...

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Main Authors: Li-Rong Xu, Xiao-Ling Liu, Jie Chen, Yi Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3788760?pdf=render