Single-chain fragment variable passive immunotherapies for neurodegenerative diseases

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 19109-19127

  Huang, Liang ^a   Su, Xiaomin ^a   Federoff, Howard J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

A ; Alzheimer's disease; Htt; Huntington's disease; Immunotherapy; Parkinson's disease; Prion disease; PrP; scFv; SNCA

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; HUNTINGTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; POLYGLUTAMINE; SINGLE CHAIN FRAGMENT VARIABLE ANTIBODY; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIGEN BINDING; CELL BASED GENE THERAPY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; GERSTMANN STRAUSSLER SCHEINKER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTRACRANIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAHIPPOCAMPAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PASSIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PRIONS; SINGLE-CHAIN ANTIBODIES;

EID: 84884582387     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140919109     Document Type: Review

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