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-type protein aggregation and prion-like properties of amyloids

D Willbold, B Strodel, GF Schröder, W Hoyer… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review will focus on the process of amyloid-type protein aggregation. Amyloid fibrils are
an important hallmark of protein misfolding diseases and therefore have been investigated …

Congo Red and amyloids: history and relationship

EI Yakupova, LG Bobyleva, IM Vikhlyantsev… - Bioscience …, 2019 - portlandpress.com
Abstract Staining with Congo Red (CR) is a qualitative method used for the identification of
amyloids in vitro and in tissue sections. However, the drawbacks and artefacts obtained …

Atomic Resolution Structure of Monomorphic Aβ42 Amyloid Fibrils

MT Colvin, R Silvers, QZ Ni, TV Can… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Amyloid-β (Aβ) is a 39–42 residue protein produced by the cleavage of the amyloid
precursor protein (APP), which subsequently aggregates to form cross-β amyloid fibrils that …

Amyloid β protein and Alzheimer's disease: When computer simulations complement experimental studies

J Nasica-Labouze, PH Nguyen, F Sterpone… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Alzheimer's disease (AD) challenges our society with an annual estimated cost of $1.08
trillion in the United States alone by 2050. 1 AD is a progressive irreversible neurological …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular structure of β-amyloid fibrils in Alzheimer's disease brain tissue

JX Lu, W Qiang, WM Yau, CD Schwieters, SC Meredith… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
In vitro, β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides form polymorphic fibrils, with molecular structures that
depend on growth conditions, plus various oligomeric and protofibrillar aggregates. Here …

The amyloid beta peptide: a chemist's perspective. Role in Alzheimer's and fibrillization

IW Hamley - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
This review is concerned with the role of fibrillization of the amyloid β (Aβ)-peptide in
Alzheimer's disease (AD). The perspective is that of a physical chemist, and one aim is to …

[HTML][HTML] Amyloid polymorphism: structural basis and neurobiological relevance

R Tycko - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
Our understanding of the molecular structures of amyloid fibrils that are associated with
neurodegenerative diseases, of mechanisms by which disease-associated peptides and …

[HTML][HTML] Infrared spectroscopy of proteins

A Barth - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 2007 - Elsevier
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What vibrations tell about proteins

A Barth, C Zscherp - Quarterly reviews of biophysics, 2002 - cambridge.org
1. Introduction 3702. Infrared (IR) spectroscopy–general principles 3722.1 Vibrations 3722.2
Information that can be derived from the vibrational spectrum 3722.3 Absorption of IR light …