title: A current pharmacologic agent versus the promise of next generation therapeutics to ameliorate protein misfolding and/or aggregation diseases.
abstract: The list of protein aggregation-associated degenerative diseases is long and growing, while the portfolio of disease-modifying strategies is very small. In this review and perspective, we assess what has worked to slow the progression of an aggregation-associated degenerative disease, covering the underlying mechanism of pharmacologic action and what we have learned about the etiology of the transthyretin amyloid diseases and likely amyloidoses in general. Next, we introduce emerging therapies that should apply more generally to protein misfolding and/or aggregation diseases, approaches that rely on adapting the protein homeostasis or proteostasis network for disease amelioration.
authors: Department of Chemistry and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: Aleksandra.baranczak@abbvie.com.
authors: Aleksandra
authors: A
authors: Baranczak
authors: Department of Chemistry and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: jkelly@scripps.edu.
authors: Jeffery W
authors: JW
authors: Kelly
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017510:Protein Folding; D057165:Proteostasis Deficiencies / Q000188:drug therapy*