Raman spectroscopy: an emerging tool in neurodegenerative disease research and diagnosis

G Devitt, K Howard, A Mudher… - ACS chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The pathogenesis underlining many neurodegenerative diseases remains incompletely
understood. The lack of effective biomarkers and disease preventative medicine demands …

Exploring the structure and formation mechanism of amyloid fibrils by Raman spectroscopy: a review

D Kurouski, RP Van Duyne, IK Lednev - Analyst, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Amyloid fibrils are β-sheet rich protein aggregates that are strongly associated with various
neurodegenerative diseases. Raman spectroscopy has been broadly utilized to investigate …

Raman spectroscopy on brain disorders: transition from fundamental research to clinical applications

JC Ranasinghe, Z Wang, S Huang - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Brain disorders such as brain tumors and neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are
accompanied by chemical alterations in the tissues. Early diagnosis of these diseases will …

Structural basis of huntingtin fibril polymorphism revealed by cryogenic electron microscopy of exon 1 HTT fibrils

S Nazarov, A Chiki, D Boudeffa… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The lack of detailed insight into the structure of aggregates formed by the huntingtin protein
(HTT) has hampered the efforts to develop therapeutics and diagnostics targeting pathology …

Live-cell imaging and quantification of PolyQ aggregates by stimulated Raman scattering of selective deuterium labeling

K Miao, L Wei - ACS central science, 2020 - ACS Publications
Polyglutamine (polyQ) diseases are a group of neurodegenerative disorders, involving the
deposition of aggregation-prone proteins with long polyQ expansions. However, the …

Structural motif of polyglutamine amyloid fibrils discerned with mixed-isotope infrared spectroscopy

LE Buchanan, JK Carr, AM Fluitt… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Polyglutamine (polyQ) sequences are found in a variety of proteins, and mutational
expansion of the polyQ tract is associated with many neurodegenerative diseases. We study …

Ultraviolet resonance Raman spectroscopic markers for protein structure and dynamics

RS Jakubek, J Handen, SE White, SA Asher… - TrAC Trends in …, 2018 - Elsevier
UV resonance Raman (UVRR) spectroscopy is a powerful tool for investigating the structure
of biological molecules, such as proteins. Numerous UVRR spectroscopic markers that …

Conformational studies of pathogenic expanded polyglutamine protein deposits from Huntington's disease

I Matlahov, PCA van der Wel - Experimental biology and …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Huntington's disease, like other neurodegenerative diseases, continues to lack an effective
cure. Current treatments that address early symptoms ultimately fail Huntington's disease …

Engaging with Raman spectroscopy to investigate antibody aggregation

I Ettah, L Ashton - Antibodies, 2018 - mdpi.com
In the last decade, a number of studies have successfully demonstrated Raman
spectroscopy as an emerging analytical technique for monitoring antibody aggregation …

Integrative determination of atomic structure of mutant huntingtin exon 1 fibrils implicated in Huntington disease

M Bagherpoor Helabad, I Matlahov, R Kumar… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Neurodegeneration in Huntington's disease (HD) is accompanied by the aggregation of
fragments of the mutant huntingtin protein, a biomarker of disease progression. A particular …