Mechanisms and pathology of protein misfolding and aggregation

N Louros, J Schymkowitz, F Rousseau - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite advances in machine learning-based protein structure prediction, we are still far
from fully understanding how proteins fold into their native conformation. The conventional …

Proteostasis of islet amyloid polypeptide: a molecular perspective of risk factors and protective strategies for type II diabetes

D Milardi, E Gazit, SE Radford, Y Xu… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The possible link between hIAPP accumulation and β-cell death in diabetic patients has
inspired numerous studies focusing on amyloid structures and aggregation pathways of this …

[HTML][HTML] Amyloid structures: much more than just a cross-β fold

R Gallardo, NA Ranson, SE Radford - Current opinion in structural biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•New structures have shown that there is a remarkable diversity and complexity of
the amyloid fold.•The same sequence forms different amyloid structures in different …

Unnatural helical peptidic foldamers as protein segment mimics

P Sang, J Cai - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Unnatural helical peptidic foldamers have attracted considerable attention owing to their
unique folding behaviours, diverse artificial protein binding mechanisms, and promising …

[HTML][HTML] Visualizing and trapping transient oligomers in amyloid assembly pathways

EE Cawood, TK Karamanos, AJ Wilson… - Biophysical chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Oligomers which form during amyloid fibril assembly are considered to be key contributors
towards amyloid disease. However, understanding how such intermediates form, their …

Endoplasmic reticulum stress in metabolic disorders

R Ghemrawi, SF Battaglia-Hsu, C Arnold - Cells, 2018 - mdpi.com
Metabolic disorders have become among the most serious threats to human health, leading
to severe chronic diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver …

Common mechanisms underlying α-synuclein-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's disease

T Sohrabi, B Mirzaei-Behbahani, R Zadali… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common neurological movement disorder
characterized by the selective and irreversible loss of dopaminergic neurons in substantia …

Fibril structures of diabetes-related amylin variants reveal a basis for surface-templated assembly

R Gallardo, MG Iadanza, Y Xu, GR Heath… - Nature Structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
Aggregation of the peptide hormone amylin into amyloid deposits is a pathological hallmark
of type-2 diabetes (T2D). While no causal link between T2D and amyloid has been …

Addressable peptide self‐assembly on the cancer cell membrane for sensitizing chemotherapy of renal cell carcinoma

Z Wang, HW An, D Hou, M Wang, X Zeng… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Chemotherapy has been validated unavailable for treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC)
in clinic due to its intrinsic drug resistance. Sensitization of chemo‐drug response plays a …

Membrane interactions and toxicity by misfolded protein oligomers

M Gonzalez-Garcia, G Fusco… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The conversion of otherwise soluble proteins into insoluble amyloid aggregates is
associated with a range of neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's and …