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 …

Amyloid β protein and Alzheimer's disease: When computer simulations complement experimental studies

J Nasica-Labouze, PH Nguyen, F Sterpone… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Alzheimer's disease (AD) challenges our society with an annual estimated cost of $1.08
trillion in the United States alone by 2050. 1 AD is a progressive irreversible neurological …

Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 is a coreceptor for Alzheimer aβ oligomer bound to cellular prion protein

JW Um, AC Kaufman, M Kostylev, JK Heiss, M Stagi… - Neuron, 2013 - cell.com
Soluble amyloid-β oligomers (Aβo) trigger Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiology and
bind with high affinity to cellular prion protein (PrP C). At the postsynaptic density (PSD) …

Alzheimer amyloid-β oligomer bound to postsynaptic prion protein activates Fyn to impair neurons

JW Um, HB Nygaard, JK Heiss, MA Kostylev… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Amyloid-beta (Aβ) oligomers are thought to trigger Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology.
Cellular prion protein (PrPC) selectively binds oligomeric Aβ and can mediate Alzheimer's …

F yn inhibition rescues established memory and synapse loss in A lzheimer mice

AC Kaufman, SV Salazar, LT Haas, J Yang… - Annals of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Currently no effective disease‐modifying agents exist for the treatment of
Alzheimer disease (AD). The Fyn tyrosine kinase is implicated in AD pathology triggered by …

Amyloid cross-seeding: Mechanism, implication, and inhibition

S Subedi, S Sasidharan, N Nag, P Saudagar, T Tripathi - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Most neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, type 2 diabetes, Parkinson's
disease, etc. are caused by inclusions and plaques containing misfolded protein …

The complex PrPc-Fyn couples human oligomeric Aβ with pathological Tau changes in Alzheimer's disease

M Larson, MA Sherman, F Amar… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Amid controversy, the cellular form of the prion protein PrPc has been proposed to mediate
oligomeric amyloid-β (Aβ)-induced deficits. In contrast, there is consistent evidence that the …

Fyn kinase inhibition as a novel therapy for Alzheimer's disease

HB Nygaard, CH van Dyck, SM Strittmatter - Alzheimer's research & …, 2014 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder, afflicting more than
one-third of people over the age of 85. While many therapies for AD are in late-stage clinical …

Deregulation of excitatory neurotransmission underlying synapse failure in Alzheimer's disease

AC Paula‐Lima, J Brito‐Moreira… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer′ s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly. Memory
loss in AD is increasingly attributed to soluble oligomers of the amyloid‐β peptide (AβOs) …