{"id":3110,"date":"2018-04-23T19:48:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T23:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/large-aggregates-of-als-causing-protein-might-actually-help-brain-cells\/"},"modified":"2018-07-05T13:30:43","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T17:30:43","slug":"large-aggregates-of-als-causing-protein-might-actually-help-brain-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/large-aggregates-of-als-causing-protein-might-actually-help-brain-cells\/","title":{"rendered":"Large Aggregates of ALS-causing Protein Might Actually Help Brain Cells"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><!-- description --><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">The Dokholyan and Deshmukh labs published a report in PNAS where they examined the neurotoxicity of various SOD1 protein aggregates in a model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The large SOD1 aggregates, which are a hallmark of ALS, are generally considered to contribute to motor neuron death in ALS. However, the study found that the large SOD1 aggregates are less toxic than the smaller SOD1 trimers. These results suggest that therapies targeted towards the SOD1 trimers, rather than the larger SOD1 fibrils, may be more effective for the treatment of ALS.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-section\">\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/782\/2018\/07\/large-aggregates-of-als-causing-protein-might-actually-help-brain-cells-image2-300x100.jpeg\" alt=\"image2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Yellow indicates cells in the process of dying. Left: cells with large, fibril-like aggregates of SOD1 protein. Right: cells with smaller trimer SOD1 aggregates.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>To read the full publication, <a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29666246\" target=\"_self\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To reach the UNC Healthcare article, <a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/news.unchealthcare.org\/news\/2018\/april\/large-aggregates-of-als-causing-protein-might-actually-help-brain-cells?utm_source=vs-email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=16\" target=\"_self\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- description --> <\/p>\n<p class='lead'>The Dokholyan and Deshmukh labs published a report in PNAS where they examined the neurotoxicity of various SOD1 protein aggregates in a model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).  The large SOD1 aggregates, which are a hallmark of ALS, are generally considered to contribute to motor neuron death in ALS.   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