Screening of small molecules using the inhibition of oligomer formation in α-synuclein aggregation as a selection parameter

Promising treatments for neurogenerative disorders may involve targeting kinetic intermediates, including α-synuclein oligomers. Here a kinetic method for quantifying oligomer populations is used to screen small molecule inhibitors of oligomerisation and gain mechanistic insight into their modes of...

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Main Authors: Roxine Staats, Thomas C. T. Michaels, Patrick Flagmeier, Sean Chia, Robert I. Horne, Johnny Habchi, Sara Linse, Tuomas P. J. Knowles, Christopher M. Dobson, Michele Vendruscolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Communications Chemistry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-020-00412-y