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Selection of Aptamers for Amyloid β-Protein, the Causative Agent of Alzheimer's Disease
Published on: May 13, 2010
Structural aspects of Alzheimer's disease immunotherapy targeted against amyloid-beta peptide
Abstract:
Alzheimer's disease is the most prominent neurodegenerative disease and has no efficient therapies available so far. Immunotherapy against amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide is one of the currently tested therapeutic approaches. Here we have reviewed the available structural knowledge about antibodies tested as passive anti-Aβ immunotherapy in clinical trials. The therapeutic anti-Aβ antibodies differ in their epitope specificity and in recognition and affinity to different Aβ species present in vivo (Tab. 1, Fig. 1, Ref. 17).
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