The amyloid-β pathway in Alzheimer's disease

H Hampel, J Hardy, K Blennow, C Chen, G Perry… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Breakthroughs in molecular medicine have positioned the amyloid-β (Aβ) pathway at the
center of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiology. While the detailed molecular …

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 …

A randomized, double-blind, phase 2b proof-of-concept clinical trial in early Alzheimer's disease with lecanemab, an anti-Aβ protofibril antibody

CJ Swanson, Y Zhang, S Dhadda, J Wang… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Lecanemab (BAN2401), an IgG1 monoclonal antibody, preferentially
targets soluble aggregated amyloid beta (Aβ), with activity across oligomers, protofibrils, and …

Half a century of amyloids: past, present and future

PC Ke, R Zhou, LC Serpell, R Riek… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Amyloid diseases are global epidemics with profound health, social and economic
implications and yet remain without a cure. This dire situation calls for research into the …

1H-Detected Biomolecular NMR under Fast Magic-Angle Spinning

T Le Marchand, T Schubeis, M Bonaccorsi… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Since the first pioneering studies on small deuterated peptides dating more than 20 years
ago, 1H detection has evolved into the most efficient approach for investigation of …

A new era for understanding amyloid structures and disease

MG Iadanza, MP Jackson, EW Hewitt… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2018 - nature.com
The aggregation of proteins into amyloid fibrils and their deposition into plaques and
intracellular inclusions is the hallmark of amyloid disease. The accumulation and deposition …

An Activatable NIR‐II Fluorescent Reporter for In Vivo Imaging of Amyloid‐β Plaques

J Miao, M Miao, Y Jiang, M Zhao, Q Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fluorescence imaging in the second near‐infrared (NIR‐II) window holds great promise for
in vivo visualization of amyloid‐β (Aβ) pathology, which can facilitate characterization and …

Fibril structure of amyloid-β (1–42) by cryo–electron microscopy

L Gremer, D Schölzel, C Schenk, E Reinartz, J Labahn… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Amyloids are implicated in neurodegenerative diseases. Fibrillar aggregates of the amyloid-
β protein (Aβ) are the main component of the senile plaques found in brains of Alzheimer's …

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 …

Structure of FUS protein fibrils and its relevance to self-assembly and phase separation of low-complexity domains

DT Murray, M Kato, Y Lin, KR Thurber, I Hung… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Polymerization and phase separation of proteins containing low-complexity (LC) domains
are important factors in gene expression, mRNA processing and trafficking, and localization …