Search for dissertations about: "therapeutic targets"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 414 swedish dissertations containing the words therapeutic targets.
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1. Lysosomal network proteins as biomarkers and therapeutic targets in neurodegenerative disease
Abstract : The pre-symptomatic stage of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) occurs several decades before the clinical onset. Changes in the lysosomal network, i.e. the autophagosomal, endosomal and lysosomal vesicular system, are among the first alterations observed. READ MORE
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2. Novel therapeutic targets in pediatric neural tumors
Abstract : The embryonal tumors neuroblastoma and medulloblastoma are two of the most common and deadliest tumors in childhood. Both are heterogeneous tumors that arise in the peripheral and central nervous system, respectively. READ MORE
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3. Androgen controlled regulatory systems in prostate cancer : potential new therapeutic targets and prognostic markers
Abstract : BACKGROUND: Prostate cancer is by far the most common cancer among Swedish men. Some patients have an aggressive lethal disease, but the majority of affected men have long expected survival. Unfortunately, the diagnostic tools available are insufficient in predicting disease aggressiveness. Novel prognostic markers are therefore urgently needed. READ MORE
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4. The ADAR editing enzymes as therapeutic targets
Abstract : Editing by deamination of adenosine to inosine (A-to-I) in double-stranded RNA is a common event in the human transcriptome. Altered levels of the essential ADAR1 activity are associated with disease. Children with mutations in the ADAR1 gene suffer from fatal Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (AGS) characterized by aberrant interferon expression. READ MORE
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5. Eicosanoids in cancer : new therapeutic targets in neuroblastoma
Abstract : Cancer is one of the most common causes of death for both children and adults in developed countries. Neuroblastoma is a cancer of the sympathetic nervous system that affects infants and young children. Neuroblastoma tumors are the most common solid extracranial tumors in children and are also the most deadly. READ MORE