The protective and therapeutic function of small heat shock proteins in neurological diseases

Historically, small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) have been extensively studied in the context of being intracellular molecular chaperones. However, recent studies looking at the role of sHSPs in neurological diseases have demonstrated a near universal upregulation of certain sHSPs in damaged and dis...

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Main Authors: Sara E Brownell, Rachel eBecker, Lawrence eSteinman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00074/full