METHODS AND MEANS FOR TREATING PROTEIN CONFORMATIONAL DISORDERS

摘要

This invention relates to the recognition that autophagy plays a key role in the clearance of the intracellular protein aggregates which characterise Protein Conformational Disorders, such as Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease. Methods and uses of autophagy inducing agents, such as rapamycin macrolides, in the treatment of Protein Conformational Disorders, are described herein.