Sentences with phrase «against normal proteins»

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In humans, normal prion proteins may generally protect against Alzheimer's disease.

«What's critical with this and what has never been done before is that a single peptide sequence will work against the toxic versions of a number of different amyloid proteins and peptides, regardless of their amino acid sequence or the normal 3 - D structures.»

In its normal form, caspase - 12 curtails the production of regulatory proteins called cytokines, which help mount an immune response against bacterial infection.

The serums of some patients with subacute spongiform encephalopathies contain an autoantibody in higher titer against a normal fibrillar protein within the axon of mature central neurons in culture.