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SUBMITTER: Pare B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6155098 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Paré Bastien B Lehmann Manuela M Beaudin Marie M Nordström Ulrika U Saikali Stephan S Julien Jean-Pierre JP Gilthorpe Jonathan D JD Marklund Stefan L SL Cashman Neil R NR Andersen Peter M PM Forsberg Karin K Dupré Nicolas N Gould Peter P Brännström Thomas T Gros-Louis François F
Scientific reports 20180921 1
Aggregation of mutant superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) is a pathological hallmark of a subset of familial ALS patients. However, the possible role of misfolded wild type SOD1 in human ALS is highly debated. To ascertain whether or not misfolded SOD1 is a common pathological feature in non-SOD1 ALS, we performed a blinded histological and biochemical analysis of post mortem brain and spinal cord tissues from 19 sporadic ALS, compared with a SOD1 A4V patient as well as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and no ...[more]