An Inducer of VGF Protects Cells against ER Stress-Induced Cell Death and Prolongs Survival in the Mutant SOD1 Animal Models of Familial ALS

• Masamitsu Shimazawa,

  Affiliation Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Biofunctional Evaluation, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan

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• Hirotaka Tanaka,

  Affiliation Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Biofunctional Evaluation, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan

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• Yasushi Ito,

  Affiliation Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Biofunctional Evaluation, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan

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• Nobutaka Morimoto,

  Affiliation Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Biofunctional Evaluation, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan

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• Kazuhiro Tsuruma,

  Affiliation Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Biofunctional Evaluation, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan

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• Michinori Kadokura,

  Affiliation Biomedical Research Laboratories, Asubio Pharma Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan

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• Shigeki Tamura,

  Affiliation Biomedical Research Laboratories, Asubio Pharma Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan

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• Teruyoshi Inoue,

  Affiliation Biomedical Research Laboratories, Asubio Pharma Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan

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• Mitsunori Yamada,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization, Saigata National Hospital, Niigata, Japan

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• Hitoshi Takahashi,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

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• Hitoshi Warita,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

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• Masashi Aoki,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

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• Hideaki Hara

  * E-mail: hidehara@gifu-pu.ac.jp

  Affiliation Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Biofunctional Evaluation, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan

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