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 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 …

Atomic force microscopy on biological materials related to pathological conditions

A Stylianou, SV Kontomaris, C Grant… - Scanning, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is an easy‐to‐use, powerful, high‐resolution microscope that
allows the user to image any surface and under any aqueous condition. AFM has been used …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiome-generated amyloid and potential impact on amyloidogenesis in Alzheimer's disease (AD)

Y Zhao, WJ Lukiw - Journal of nature and science, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
According to the 'amyloid cascade hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease'first proposed about 16
years ago, the accumulation of Aβ peptides in the human central nervous system (CNS) is …

[HTML][HTML] Interactions between amyloid β peptide and lipid membranes

Z Niu, Z Zhang, W Zhao, J Yang - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2018 - Elsevier
The presence of amyloid plaques in the brain is a typical characteristic of Alzheimer's
disease (AD). Amyloid plaques are formed from the deposits of aggregated amyloid β …

Recent progress in Alzheimer's disease research, part 1: pathology

FT Hane, BY Lee, Z Leonenko - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2017 - content.iospress.com
The field of Alzheimer's disease (AD) research has grown exponentially over the past few
decades, especially since the isolation and identification of amyloid-β from postmortem …

Mechanisms of membrane binding of small GTPase K-Ras4B farnesylated hypervariable region

H Jang, SJ Abraham, TS Chavan, B Hitchinson… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
Background: K-Ras4B modulates downstream signaling at different lipid microdomains.
Results: K-Ras4B farnesyl group spontaneously inserts into the disordered lipid …

Mechanisms for the Insertion of Toxic, Fibril-like β-Amyloid Oligomers into the Membrane

H Jang, L Connelly, F Teran Arce… - Journal of chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Amyloid-β (Aβ) oligomers destabilize cellular ionic homeostasis, mediating Alzheimer's
disease (AD). It is still unclear whether the mechanism (i) is mediated by cell surface …

Changes in lipid membranes may trigger amyloid toxicity in Alzheimer's disease

E Drolle, A Negoda, K Hammond, E Pavlov… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Amyloid-beta peptides (Aβ), implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD), interact with the cellular
membrane and induce amyloid toxicity. The composition of cellular membranes changes in …

Trehalose against Alzheimer's disease: insights into a potential therapy

M Khalifeh, MI Read, GE Barreto, A Sahebkar - BioEssays, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Trehalose is a natural disaccharide with a remarkable ability to stabilize biomolecules. In
recent years, trehalose has received growing attention as a neuroprotective molecule and …