[HTML][HTML] Mechanistic models of protein aggregation across length-scales and time-scales: from the test tube to neurodegenerative disease

G Meisl, TPJ Knowles, D Klenerman - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Through advances in the past decades, the central role of aberrant protein aggregation has
been established in many neurodegenerative diseases. Crucially, however, the molecular …

Probing differences among Aβ oligomers with two triangular trimers derived from Aβ

AG Kreutzer, G Guaglianone, S Yoo… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The assembly of the β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) to form oligomers and fibrils is closely
associated with the pathogenesis and progression of Alzheimer's disease. Aβ is a shape …

Ultrasensitive Detection of Aβ42 Seeds in Cerebrospinal Fluid with a Nanopipette-Based Real-Time Fast Amyloid Seeding and Translocation Assay

N Meyer, J Bentin, JM Janot, I Abrao-Nemeir… - Analytical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this work, early-stage Aβ42 aggregates were detected using a real-time fast amyloid
seeding and translocation (RT-FAST) assay. Specifically, Aβ42 monomers were incubated …

Clearance of β-amyloid and synapses by the optogenetic depolarization of microglia is complement selective

Z Lv, L Chen, P Chen, H Peng, Y Rong, W Hong… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Microglia actively monitor the neighboring brain microenvironments and constantly contact
synapses with their unique ramified processes. In neurodegenerative diseases, including …

Current and future applications of induced pluripotent stem cell-based models to study pathological proteins in neurodegenerative disorders

A de Rus Jacquet, HL Denis, F Cicchetti… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Neurodegenerative disorders emerge from the failure of intricate cellular mechanisms,
which ultimately lead to the loss of vulnerable neuronal populations. Research conducted …

[HTML][HTML] VEGF controls microglial phagocytic response to amyloid-β

P de Gea, S Benkeder, P Bouvet, M Aimard… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Microglial cells are well known to be implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease
(AD), due to the impaired clearance of amyloid-β (Aβ) protein. In AD, Aβ accumulates in the …

[HTML][HTML] Aβ oligomers from human brain impair mossy fiber LTP in CA3 of hippocampus, but activating cAMP-PKA and cGMP-PKG prevents this

SX Jin, L Liu, S Li, AL Meunier, DJ Selkoe - Neurobiology of disease, 2022 - Elsevier
Early cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease may result in part from synaptic
dysfunction caused by the accumulation oligomeric assemblies of amyloid β-protein (Aβ) …

Synaptic resilience is associated with maintained cognition during ageing

D King, K Holt, J Toombs, X He, O Dando… - Alzheimer's & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction It remains unclear why age increases risk of Alzheimer's disease and why some
people experience age‐related cognitive decline in the absence of dementia. Here we test …

An ultra‐sensitive immunoassay detects and quantifies soluble Aβ oligomers in human plasma

L Liu, H Kwak, TL Lawton, SX Jin… - Alzheimer's & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Evidence strongly suggests that soluble oligomers of amyloid beta protein (oAβ)
help initiate the pathogenic cascade of Alzheimer's disease (AD). To date, there have been …

[HTML][HTML] Learnings about Aβ from human brain recommend the use of a live-neuron bioassay for the discovery of next generation Alzheimer's disease …

Z Wang, M Jin, W Hong, W Liu, D Reczek… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2023 - Springer
Despite ongoing debate, the amyloid β-protein (Aβ) remains the prime therapeutic target for
the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, rational drug design has been …