[HTML][HTML] A practical guide to small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) of flexible and intrinsically disordered proteins

AG Kikhney, DI Svergun - FEBS letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) is a biophysical method to study the overall shape and
structural transitions of biological macromolecules in solution. SAXS provides low resolution …

Nerve growth factor: early studies and recent clinical trials

ML Rocco, M Soligo, L Manni… - Current …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Since its discovery, nerve growth factor (NGF) has long occupied a critical role in
developmental and adult neurobiology for its many important regulatory functions on the …

Structural analysis of intrinsically disordered proteins by small-angle X-ray scattering

P Bernado, DI Svergun - Molecular biosystems, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Small-angle scattering of X-rays (SAXS) is an established method to study the overall
structure and structural transitions of biological macromolecules in solution. For folded …

NGF steers microglia toward a neuroprotective phenotype

C Rizzi, A Tiberi, M Giustizieri, MC Marrone, F Gobbo… - Glia, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Microglia are the sentinels of the brain but a clear understanding of the factors that modulate
their activation in physiological and pathological conditions is still lacking. Here we …

Molecular and structural insight into proNGF engagement of p75NTR and sortilin

D Feng, T Kim, E Özkan, M Light, R Torkin… - Journal of molecular …, 2010 - Elsevier
Nerve growth factor (NGF) is initially synthesized as a precursor, proNGF, that is cleaved to
release its C-terminal mature form. Recent studies suggested that proNGF is not an inactive …

Nerve growth factor and Alzheimer's disease: new facts for an old hypothesis

A Cattaneo, P Calissano - Molecular neurobiology, 2012 - Springer
Understanding sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) onset and progression requires an
explanation of what triggers the common core of abnormal processing of the amyloid …

Fast-diffusing p75NTR monomers support apoptosis and growth cone collapse by neurotrophin ligands

L Marchetti, F Bonsignore, F Gobbo… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The p75 neurotrophin (NT) receptor (p75NTR) plays a crucial role in balancing survival-
versus-death decisions in the nervous system. Yet, despite 2 decades of structural and …

Taking pain out of NGF: a “painless” NGF mutant, linked to hereditary sensory autonomic neuropathy type V, with full neurotrophic activity

S Capsoni, S Covaceuszach, S Marinelli, M Ceci… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
During adulthood, the neurotrophin Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) sensitizes nociceptors,
thereby increasing the response to noxious stimuli. The relationship between NGF and pain …

ProNGF\NGF imbalance triggers learning and memory deficits, neurodegeneration and spontaneous epileptic-like discharges in transgenic mice

C Tiveron, L Fasulo, S Capsoni, F Malerba… - Cell Death & …, 2013 - nature.com
ProNGF, the precursor of mature nerve growth factor (NGF), is the most abundant form of
NGF in the brain. ProNGF and mature NGF differ significantly in their receptor interaction …

Mechanisms and regulation of neurotrophin synthesis and secretion

MA Al-Qudah, A Al-Dwairi - Neurosciences Journal, 2016 - nsj.org.sa
Neurotrophins are secreted proteins that are synthesized as pre-pro-neurotrophins on the
rough endoplasmic reticulum, which are subsequently processed and then secreted as …