Therapeutic strategies for human amyloid diseases. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Amyloid diseases are a large group of a much larger family of misfolding diseases. This group includes pathologies as diverse as Alzheimer's disease, immunoglobulin-light-chain disease, reactive amyloid disease and the familial amyloid polyneuropathies. These diseases are generally incurable at present, although some drugs are known to transiently slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease. As we increase our understanding of the causative mechanisms of these disorders, the likelihood of success for a given therapeutic strategy will become clearer. This review will look at small-molecule and macromolecular approaches for intervention in amyloid diseases other than Alzheimer's disease, although select examples from Alzheimer's disease will be discussed.

published proceedings

  • Nat Rev Drug Discov

altmetric score

  • 9

author list (cited authors)

  • Sacchettini, J. C., & Kelly, J. W.

citation count

  • 226

complete list of authors

  • Sacchettini, James C||Kelly, Jeffery W

publication date

  • April 2002