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Oxidative stress in ALS: a mechanism of neurodegeneration and a therapeutic target.
- Siân C. Barber, R. Mead, P. Shaw
- Medicine
- Biochimica et biophysica acta
- 1 November 2006
The cause(s) of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is not fully understood in the vast majority of cases and the mechanisms involved in motor neuron degeneration are multi-factorial and complex.… Expand
Systemic Delivery of scAAV9 Expressing SMN Prolongs Survival in a Model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
An adeno-associated virus vector expressing the survival motor neuron protein rescues mice with spinal muscular atrophy. Enough Protein to Reverse Spinal Muscular Atrophy A common neuromuscular… Expand
TDP-43 gains function due to perturbed autoregulation in a Tardbp knock-in mouse model of ALS-FTD
- Matthew A. White, Eosu Kim, +20 authors J. Sreedharan
- Biology, Medicine
- Nature Neuroscience
- 23 February 2018
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis–frontotemporal dementia (ALS-FTD) constitutes a devastating disease spectrum characterized by 43-kDa TAR DNA-binding protein (TDP-43) pathology. Understanding how TDP-43… Expand
S[+] Apomorphine is a CNS penetrating activator of the Nrf2-ARE pathway with activity in mouse and patient fibroblast models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis☆
- R. Mead, A. Higginbottom, +10 authors P. Shaw
- Medicine
- Free radical biology & medicine
- 1 August 2013
Compelling evidence indicates that oxidative stress contributes to motor neuron injury in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), but antioxidant therapies have not yet achieved therapeutic benefit in… Expand
An in vitro screening cascade to identify neuroprotective antioxidants in ALS
- Siân C. Barber, A. Higginbottom, R. Mead, S. Barber, P. Shaw
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Free radical biology & medicine
- 15 April 2009
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an adult-onset neurodegenerative disease, characterized by progressive dysfunction and death of motor neurons. Although evidence for oxidative stress in ALS… Expand
The tolerance to fluoroacetate of geographically separated populations of the quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
- R. Mead, L. E. Twigg, D. R. King, A. Oliver
- Biology
- 1985
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Optimised and Rapid Pre-clinical Screening in the SOD1G93A Transgenic Mouse Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
- R. Mead, Ellen J. Bennett, +9 authors P. Shaw
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 18 August 2011
The human SOD1G93A transgenic mouse has been used extensively since its development in 1994 as a model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In that time, a great many insights into the toxicity… Expand
Advances, challenges and future directions for stem cell therapy in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Yuri Ciervo, Ke Ning, X. Jun, P. Shaw, R. Mead
- Medicine
- Molecular Neurodegeneration
- 13 November 2017
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative condition where loss of motor neurons within the brain and spinal cord leads to muscle atrophy, weakness, paralysis and… Expand
Structure and stability of casein micelles.
- V. Bloomfield, R. Mead
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Journal of dairy science
- 1 April 1975
The structure and stability of casein micelles are determined in large measure by the amino acid sequences of the constituent alphas1-, beta-, and kappa- caseins. In this paper we review, and attempt… Expand
Molecular weight and size distribution of bovine milk casein micelles.
- R. K. Dewan, A. Chudgar, R. Mead, V. Bloomfield, C. V. Morr
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Biochimica et biophysica acta
- 11 April 1974
We have characterized the distribution of hydrodynamic radii, sedimentation coefficients, and molecular weights of native bovine casein micelles, using samples fractionated by rate-zone… Expand