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 beta: structure, biology and structure-based therapeutic development

G Chen, T Xu, Y Yan, Y Zhou, Y Jiang… - Acta pharmacologica …, 2017 - nature.com
Amyloid beta peptide (Aβ) is produced through the proteolytic processing of a
transmembrane protein, amyloid precursor protein (APP), by β-and γ-secretases. Aβ …

Gangliosides in the brain: physiology, pathophysiology and therapeutic applications

S Sipione, J Monyror, D Galleguillos… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Gangliosides are glycosphingolipids highly abundant in the nervous system, and carry most
of the sialic acid residues in the brain. Gangliosides are enriched in cell membrane …

The role of ceramide and sphingosine-1-phosphate in Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders

K Czubowicz, H Jęśko, P Wencel, WJ Lukiw… - Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Bioactive sphingolipids—ceramide, sphingosine, and their respective 1-phosphates (C1P
and S1P)—are signaling molecules serving as intracellular second messengers. Moreover …

Sphingolipids: membrane microdomains in brain development, function and neurological diseases

ASB Olsen, NJ Færgeman - Open biology, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Sphingolipids are highly enriched in the nervous system where they are pivotal constituents
of the plasma membranes and are important for proper brain development and functions …

Effects of in vivo conditions on amyloid aggregation

MC Owen, D Gnutt, M Gao, SKTS Wärmländer… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the grand challenges of biophysical chemistry is to understand the principles that
govern protein misfolding and aggregation, which is a highly complex process that is …

Membrane lipid nanodomains

M Cebecauer, M Amaro, P Jurkiewicz… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Lipid membranes can spontaneously organize their components into domains of different
sizes and properties. The organization of membrane lipids into nanodomains might …

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 …

GM1 ganglioside is a key factor in maintaining the mammalian neuronal functions avoiding neurodegeneration

E Chiricozzi, G Lunghi, E Di Biase, M Fazzari… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many species of ganglioside GM1, differing for the sialic acid and ceramide content, have
been characterized and their physico-chemical properties have been studied in detail since …

There is no simple model of the plasma membrane organization

J Bernardino de la Serna, GJ Schütz… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Ever since technologies enabled the characterization of eukaryotic plasma membranes,
heterogeneities in the distributions of its constituents were observed. Over the years this led …