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 …

Alpha-synuclein PET tracer development—an overview about current efforts

Š Korat, NSR Bidesi, F Bonanno, A Di Nanni… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease (PD) are manifested by inclusion
bodies of alpha-synuclein (α-syn) also called α-synucleinopathies. Detection of these …

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 …

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 …

The structure of tyrosine-10 favors ionic conductance of Alzheimer's disease-associated full-length amyloid-β channels

AG Karkisaval, R Hassan, A Nguyen, B Balster… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Amyloid β (Aβ) ion channels destabilize cellular ionic homeostasis, which contributes to
neurotoxicity in Alzheimer's disease. The relative roles of various Aβ isoforms are poorly …

Depopulation of dense α-synuclein aggregates is associated with rescue of dopamine neuron dysfunction and death in a new Parkinson's disease model

M Wegrzynowicz, D Bar-On, L Calo', O Anichtchik… - Acta …, 2019 - Springer
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by the presence of α-synuclein aggregates known
as Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites, whose formation is linked to disease development. The …

A microRNA signature that correlates with cognition and is a target against cognitive decline

MR Islam, L Kaurani, T Berulava… - EMBO molecular …, 2021 - embopress.org
While some individuals age without pathological memory impairments, others develop age‐
associated cognitive diseases. Since changes in cognitive function develop slowly over time …

[HTML][HTML] Lemon essential oil ameliorates age-associated cognitive dysfunction via modulating hippocampal synaptic density and inhibiting acetylcholinesterase

B Liu, J Kou, F Li, D Huo, J Xu, X Zhou, D Meng… - Aging (Albany …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The lemon essential oil (LEO), extracted from the fruit of lemon, has been used to treat
multiple pathological diseases, such as diabetes, inflammation, cardiovascular diseases …

Cardiolipin promotes pore-forming activity of alpha-synuclein oligomers in mitochondrial membranes

S Ghio, A Camilleri, M Caruana, VC Ruf… - ACS chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Aggregation of the amyloid-forming α-synuclein (αS) protein is closely associated with the
etiology of Parkinson's disease (PD), the most common motor neurodegenerative disorder …

Anle138b modulates α‐synuclein oligomerization and prevents motor decline and neurodegeneration in a mouse model of multiple system atrophy

A Heras‐Garvin, D Weckbecker… - Movement …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background MSA is a fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by autonomic failure
and severe motor impairment. Its main pathological hallmark is the accumulation of α …