Self-assembling peptide and protein amyloids: from structure to tailored function in nanotechnology

G Wei, Z Su, NP Reynolds, P Arosio… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembled peptide and protein amyloid nanostructures have traditionally been
considered only as pathological aggregates implicated in human neurodegenerative …

The nucleation of protein aggregates-from crystals to amyloid fibrils

AK Buell - International review of cell and molecular biology, 2017 - Elsevier
The condensation and aggregation of individual protein molecules into dense insoluble
phases is of relevance in such diverse fields as materials science, medicine, structural …

Fibril Fragmentation Enhances Amyloid Cytotoxicity*♦

WF Xue, AL Hellewell, WS Gosal, SW Homans… - Journal of Biological …, 2009 - ASBMB
Fibrils associated with amyloid disease are molecular assemblies of key biological
importance, yet how cells respond to the presence of amyloid remains unclear. Cellular …

AIC under the framework of least squares estimation

HT Banks, ML Joyner - Applied Mathematics Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
In this note we explain the use of the Akiake Information Criterion and its related model
comparison indices (usually derived for maximum likelihood estimator inverse problem …

Heterotypic Amyloid β interactions facilitate amyloid assembly and modify amyloid structure

K Konstantoulea, P Guerreiro, M Ramakers… - The EMBO …, 2022 - embopress.org
It is still unclear why pathological amyloid deposition initiates in specific brain regions or why
some cells or tissues are more susceptible than others. Amyloid deposition is determined by …

[HTML][HTML] Structural identification of individual helical amyloid filaments by integration of cryo-electron microscopy-derived maps in comparative morphometric atomic …

L Lutter, YK Al-Hilaly, CJ Serpell, MF Tuite… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
The presence of amyloid fibrils is a hallmark of more than 50 human disorders, including
neurodegenerative diseases and systemic amyloidoses. A key unresolved challenge in …

Fibril fragmentation in amyloid assembly and cytotoxicity: when size matters

WF Xue, AL Hellewell, EW Hewitt, SE Radford - Prion, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Amyloid assemblies are associated with several debilitating human disorders.
Understanding the intra-and extracellular assembly of normally soluble proteins and …

Nucleated polymerization with secondary pathways. III. Equilibrium behavior and oligomer populations

SIA Cohen, M Vendruscolo, CM Dobson… - The Journal of chemical …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
We explore the long-time behavior and equilibrium properties of a system of linear filaments
growing through nucleated polymerisation. We show that the length distribution for …

Quantification of amyloid fibril polymorphism by nano-morphometry reveals the individuality of filament assembly

LD Aubrey, BJF Blakeman, L Lutter… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Amyloid fibrils are highly polymorphic structures formed by many different proteins. They
provide biological function but also abnormally accumulate in numerous human diseases …

Thermodynamics of amyloid fibril formation from non-equilibrium experiments of growth and dissociation

RK Norrild, N Vettore, A Coden, WF Xue, AK Buell - Biophysical Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Amyloid fibrils are ordered, non-covalent polymers of proteins that are linked to a range of
diseases, as well as biological functions. Amyloid fibrils are often considered …