Amyloid β-based therapy for Alzheimer's disease: challenges, successes and future

Y Zhang, H Chen, R Li, K Sterling… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyloid β protein (Aβ) is the main component of neuritic plaques in Alzheimer's disease
(AD), and its accumulation has been considered as the molecular driver of Alzheimer's …

Cellular protein aggregates: formation, biological effects, and ways of elimination

JH Wen, XH He, ZS Feng, DY Li, JX Tang… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The accumulation of protein aggregates is the hallmark of many neurodegenerative
diseases. The dysregulation of protein homeostasis (or proteostasis) caused by acute …

Plasma membrane integrity in health and disease: significance and therapeutic potential

C Dias, J Nylandsted - Cell discovery, 2021 - nature.com
Maintenance of plasma membrane integrity is essential for normal cell viability and function.
Thus, robust membrane repair mechanisms have evolved to counteract the eminent threat of …

Imaging amyloid‐β membrane interactions: ion‐channel pores and lipid‐bilayer permeability in Alzheimer's disease

JH Viles - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The accumulation of the amyloid‐β peptides (Aβ) is central to the development of
Alzheimer's disease. The mechanism by which Aβ triggers a cascade of events that leads to …

[HTML][HTML] The toxicity and polymorphism of β-amyloid oligomers

Y Huang, R Liu - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
It is widely accepted that β-amyloid oligomers (Aβos) play a key role in the progression of
Alzheimer's disease (AD) by inducing neuron damage and cognitive impairment, but Aβos …

Gut microbiota-host lipid crosstalk in Alzheimer's disease: implications for disease progression and therapeutics

YX Luo, LL Yang, XQ Yao - Molecular Neurodegeneration, 2024 - Springer
Trillions of intestinal bacteria in the human body undergo dynamic transformations in
response to physiological and pathological changes. Alterations in their composition and …

Six-dimensional single-molecule imaging with isotropic resolution using a multi-view reflector microscope

O Zhang, Z Guo, Y He, T Wu, MD Vahey, MD Lew - Nature photonics, 2023 - nature.com
Imaging of both the positions and orientations of single fluorophores, termed single-
molecule orientation-localization microscopy, is a powerful tool for the study of biochemical …

Plasma membrane integrity: implications for health and disease

DA Ammendolia, WM Bement, JH Brumell - BMC biology, 2021 - Springer
Plasma membrane integrity is essential for cellular homeostasis. In vivo, cells experience
plasma membrane damage from a multitude of stressors in the extra-and intra-cellular …

Protein misfolding, aggregation and mechanism of amyloid cytotoxicity: An overview and therapeutic strategies to inhibit aggregation

M Zaman, AN Khan, SM Zakariya, RH Khan - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Protein and peptides are converted from their soluble forms into highly ordered fibrillar
aggregates under various conditions inside the cell. Such transitions confer diverse …

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 …