Mechanisms and pathology of protein misfolding and aggregation

N Louros, J Schymkowitz, F Rousseau - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite advances in machine learning-based protein structure prediction, we are still far
from fully understanding how proteins fold into their native conformation. The conventional …

Light, water, and melatonin: the synergistic regulation of phase separation in dementia

D Loh, RJ Reiter - International journal of molecular sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The swift rise in acceptance of molecular principles defining phase separation by a broad
array of scientific disciplines is shadowed by increasing discoveries linking phase …

pH Dependence of Amyloid‐β Fibril Assembly Kinetics: Unravelling the Microscopic Molecular Processes

Y Tian, JH Viles - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Central to Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the assembly of the amyloid‐beta peptide (Aβ) into
fibrils. A reduction in pH accompanying inflammation or subcellular compartments, may …

Data-mining unveils structure–property–activity correlation of viral infectivity enhancing self-assembling peptides

K Kaygisiz, L Rauch-Wirth, A Dutta, X Yu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Gene therapy via retroviral vectors holds great promise for treating a variety of serious
diseases. It requires the use of additives to boost infectivity. Amyloid-like peptide nanofibers …

Heparin promotes rapid fibrillation of the basic parathyroid hormone at physiological pH

LM Lauth, B Voigt, T Bhatia, L Machner, J Balbach… - FEBS …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In acidic secretory granules of mammalian cells, peptide hormones including the parathyroid
hormone are presumably stored in the form of functional amyloid fibrils. Mature PTH …

Peristaltic pump-triggered amyloid formation suggests shear stresses are in vivo risks for amyloid nucleation

Y Goto, T Ota, W Yuan, I Yumen, K Yamaguchi… - npj Biosensing, 2025 - nature.com
Amyloid fibrils, crystal-like fibrillar aggregates of denatured proteins, are formed as a result
of the breakdown of supersaturation, causing a series of amyloidosis including Alzheimer's …

[HTML][HTML] A study on the interaction of the amyloid fibrils of α-synuclein and hen egg white lysozyme with biological membranes

R Zadali, V Hassani, Y Rafiei, AA Meratan… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Alpha-synuclein (α-syn) aggregation and mitochondrial dysfunction are considered
as two of the main factors associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). In the present …

Polyphenol‐solubility alters amyloid fibril formation of α‐synuclein

M So, Y Kimura, K Yamaguchi, T Sugiki… - Protein …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Amyloid fibril formation is associated with various amyloidoses, including
neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Amyloid fibrils …

Supersaturation-dependent formation of amyloid fibrils

Y Goto, M Noji, K Nakajima, K Yamaguchi - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The supersaturation of a solution refers to a non-equilibrium phase in which the solution is
trapped in a soluble state, even though the solute's concentration is greater than its …

Development of HANABI, an ultrasonication-forced amyloid fibril inducer

Y Goto, K Nakajima, K Yamaguchi, M So… - Neurochemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Amyloid fibrils involved in amyloidoses are crystal-like aggregates, which are formed by
breaking supersaturation of denatured proteins. Ultrasonication is an efficient method of …