Vitamin A potently destabilizes preformed α-synuclein fibrils in vitro: Implications for Lewy body diseases

Alpha-synuclein (αS) is the major component of the filamentous inclusions that constitute defining characteristics of Lewy body diseases (LBD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA). Clinically, antioxidant vitamins, such as vitamin E and the vitamin-like substance coenzyme Q10, have been used in the tre...

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Main Authors: Kenjiro Ono, Masahito Yamada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-02-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996106002737