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    Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2005 Aug;15(4):441-6.

    Protein-protein interactions in human disease.

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    School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.

    Abstract

    Many human diseases are the result of abnormal protein-protein interactions involving endogenous proteins, proteins from pathogens or both. The inhibition of these aberrant associations is of obvious clinical significance. Because of the diverse nature of protein-protein interactions, however, the successful design of therapeutics requires detailed knowledge of each system at a molecular and atomic level. Several recent studies have identified and/or characterised specific interactions from various disease systems, including cervical cancer, bacterial infection, leukaemia and neurodegenerative disease. A range of approaches are being developed to generate inhibitors of protein-protein interactions that may form useful therapeutics for human disease.

    PMID:
    15993577
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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