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CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 231-238Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2010.11.002
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- NIH [DK75295]
- Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology
- Lita Annenberg Hazen Foundation
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Inheriting a mutant misfolding-prone protein that cannot be efficiently folded in a given cell type(s) results in a spectrum of human loss-of-function misfolding diseases. The inability of the biological protein maturation pathway; to adapt to a specific misfolding-prone protein also contributes to pathology. Chemical and biological therapeutic strategies are presented that restore protein homeostasis, or proteostasis, either by enhancing the biological capacity et the proteostasis network or through small molecule stabilization of a specific misfolding-prone protein. Herein, we review the recent literature on therapeutic strategies to ameliorate protein misfolding diseases that function through either of these mechanisms, or a combination thereof, and provide our perspective on the promise of alleviating protein misfolding diseases by taking advantage of proteostasis adaptation.
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