Automated high-content live animal drug screening using C. elegans expressing the aggregation prone serpin α1-antitrypsin Z.

The development of preclinical models amenable to live animal bioactive compound screening is an attractive approach to discovering effective pharmacological therapies for disorders caused by misfolded and aggregation-prone proteins. In general, however, live animal drug screening is labor and resou...

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Main Authors: Sager J Gosai, Joon Hyeok Kwak, Cliff J Luke, Olivia S Long, Dale E King, Kevin J Kovatch, Paul A Johnston, Tong Ying Shun, John S Lazo, David H Perlmutter, Gary A Silverman, Stephen C Pak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2980495?pdf=render