Amyloid oligomers: A joint experimental/computational perspective on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PH Nguyen, A Ramamoorthy, BR Sahoo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein misfolding and aggregation is observed in many amyloidogenic diseases affecting
either the central nervous system or a variety of peripheral tissues. Structural and dynamic …

Amyloid-type protein aggregation and prion-like properties of amyloids

D Willbold, B Strodel, GF Schröder, W Hoyer… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review will focus on the process of amyloid-type protein aggregation. Amyloid fibrils are
an important hallmark of protein misfolding diseases and therefore have been investigated …

A hairpin motif in the amyloid-β peptide is important for formation of disease-related oligomers

M Khaled, I Rönnbäck, LL Ilag… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide is associated with the development of Alzheimer's disease and
is known to form highly neurotoxic prefibrillar oligomeric aggregates, which are difficult to …

A guide to studying protein aggregation

JAJ Housmans, G Wu, J Schymkowitz… - The FEBS …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Disrupted protein folding or decreased protein stability can lead to the accumulation of
(partially) un‐or misfolded proteins, which ultimately cause the formation of protein …

Aβ-oligomers: A potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease

S Ghosh, R Ali, S Verma - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The cascade of amyloid formation relates to multiple complex events at the molecular level.
Previous research has established amyloid plaque deposition as the leading cause of …

[HTML][HTML] Visualizing and trap** transient oligomers in amyloid assembly pathways

EE Cawood, TK Karamanos, AJ Wilson… - Biophysical chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Oligomers which form during amyloid fibril assembly are considered to be key contributors
towards amyloid disease. However, understanding how such intermediates form, their …

Pathological BBB crossing melanin-like nanoparticles as metal-ion chelators and neuroinflammation regulators against Alzheimer's disease

Q Huang, C Jiang, X **a, Y Wang, C Yan, X Wang… - Research, 2023 - spj.science.org
Inflammatory responses, manifested in excessive oxidative stress and microglia
overactivation, together with metal ion-triggered amyloid-beta (Aβ) deposition, are critical …

Studying protein structure and function by native separation–mass spectrometry

G van Schaick, R Haselberg, GW Somsen… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Alterations in protein structure may have profound effects on biological function. Analytical
techniques that permit characterization of proteins while maintaining their conformational …

Natural compounds as inhibitors of Aβ peptide aggregation: chemical requirements and molecular mechanisms

K Pagano, S Tomaselli, H Molinari… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders, with no
cure and preventive therapy. Misfolding and extracellular aggregation of Amyloid-β (Aβ) …

Cholesterol as a key player in amyloid β-mediated toxicity in Alzheimer's disease

V Rudajev, J Novotny - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that is one of the most
devastating and widespread diseases worldwide, mainly affecting the aging population. One …