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 …

[HTML][HTML] Alpha-synuclein aggregation pathway in Parkinson's disease: current status and novel therapeutic approaches

M Vidović, MG Rikalovic - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Following Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second-most common
neurodegenerative disorder, sharing an unclear pathophysiology, a multifactorial profile …

Novel tau filament fold in chronic traumatic encephalopathy encloses hydrophobic molecules

B Falcon, J Zivanov, W Zhang, AG Murzin, HJ Garringer… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative tauopathy that is
associated with repetitive head impacts or exposure to blast waves. First described as punch …

Gut microbiota produces biofilm-associated amyloids with potential for neurodegeneration

A Fernández-Calvet, L Matilla-Cuenca, M Izco… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Age-related neurodegenerative diseases involving amyloid aggregation remain one of the
biggest challenges of modern medicine. Alterations in the gastrointestinal microbiome play …

[HTML][HTML] Probiotic Bacillus subtilis protects against α-synuclein aggregation in C. elegans

ME Goya, F Xue, C Sampedro-Torres-Quevedo… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Recent discoveries have implicated the gut microbiome in the progression and severity of
Parkinson's disease; however, how gut bacteria affect such neurodegenerative disorders …

Novel approaches for the treatment of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease

M Van Bulck, A Sierra-Magro, J Alarcon-Gil… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative disorders affect around one billion people worldwide. They can arise
from a combination of genomic, epigenomic, metabolic, and environmental factors. Aging is …

Modeling neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditiselegans

KA Caldwell, CW Willicott… - Disease Models & …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
The global burden of neurodegenerative diseases underscores the urgent need for
innovative strategies to define new drug targets and disease-modifying factors. The …

Aggrescan4D: structure-informed analysis of pH-dependent protein aggregation

O Bárcenas, A Kuriata, M Zalewski… - Nucleic acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Protein aggregation is behind the genesis of incurable diseases and imposes constraints on
drug discovery and the industrial production and formulation of proteins. Over the years, we …

Functional and pathological effects of α-synuclein on synaptic SNARE complexes

V Gao, JA Briano, LE Komer, J Burré - Journal of molecular biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract α-Synuclein is an abundant protein at the neuronal synapse that has been
implicated in Parkinson's disease for over 25 years and characterizes the hallmark …

The clinical drug candidate anle138b binds in a cavity of lipidic α-synuclein fibrils

L Antonschmidt, D Matthes, R Dervişoğlu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Aggregation of amyloidogenic proteins is a characteristic of multiple neurodegenerative
diseases. Atomic resolution of small molecule binding to such pathological protein …