Antihypertensive Drug Guanabenz Is Active In Vivo against both Yeast and Mammalian Prions

BACKGROUND: Prion-based diseases are incurable transmissible neurodegenerative disorders affecting animals and humans. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Here we report the discovery of the in vivo antiprion activity of Guanabenz (GA), an agonist of α2-adrenergic receptors routinely used in human medic...

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Main Authors:	Tribouillard-Tanvier, Déborah, Béringue, Vincent, Desban, Nathalie, Gug, Fabienne, Bach, Stéphane, Voisset, Cécile, Galons, Hervé, Laude, Hubert, Vilette, Didier, Blondel, Marc
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	Public Library of Science 2008
Subjects:	Research Article
Online Access:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2291559/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18431471 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001981
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Antihypertensive Drug Guanabenz Is Active In Vivo against both Yeast and Mammalian Prions

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