Targeting amyloid clearance in Alzheimer's disease as a therapeutic strategy

NN Nalivaeva, AJ Turner - British journal of pharmacology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Targeting the amyloid‐β (Aβ) peptide cascade has been at the heart of therapeutic
developments in Alzheimer's disease (AD) research for more than 25 years, yet no …

Transthyretin: from structural stability to osteoarticular and cardiovascular diseases

E Wieczorek, A Ożyhar - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Transthyretin (TTR) is a tetrameric protein transporting hormones in the plasma and brain,
which has many other activities that have not been fully acknowledged. TTR is a positive …

Undiscovered roles for transthyretin: from a transporter protein to a new therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease

T Gião, J Saavedra, E Cotrina, J Quintana… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Transthyretin (TTR), an homotetrameric protein mainly synthesized by the liver and the
choroid plexus, and secreted into the blood and the cerebrospinal fluid, respectively, has …

Inhibition of curli assembly and Escherichia coli biofilm formation by the human systemic amyloid precursor transthyretin

N Jain, J Ådén, K Nagamatsu… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
During biofilm formation, Escherichia coli and other Enterobacteriaceae produce an
extracellular matrix consisting of curli amyloid fibers and cellulose. The precursor of curli …

The Alzheimer's disease transcriptome mimics the neuroprotective signature of IGF-1 receptor-deficient neurons

C George, G Gontier, P Lacube, JC François… - Brain, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Seminal studies using post-mortem brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease evidenced
aberrant insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R) signalling. Addressing causality, work …

[HTML][HTML] Deep blue autofluorescence reflects the oxidation state of human transthyretin

E Wieczorek, Z Wygralak, S Kędracka-Krok, P Bezara… - Redox Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Human transthyretin (TTR) is a tetrameric protein transporting thyroid hormones and retinol.
TTR is a neuroprotective factor and sensor of oxidative stress which stability is diminished …

Cerebrospinal fluid and vitreous body exposure to orally administered tafamidis in hereditary ATTRV30M (p. TTRV50M) amyloidosis patients

C Monteiro, A Martins da Silva, N Ferreira… - Amyloid, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Hereditary transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis associated with the TTRV30M (p. TTRV50M)
mutation presents predominantly as an axonal polyneuropathy, with variable involvement of …

Heat shock protein Hspa13 regulates endoplasmic reticulum and cytosolic proteostasis through modulation of protein translocation

MF Espinoza, KK Nguyen, MM Sycks, Z Lyu… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Most eukaryotic secretory proteins are cotranslationally translocated through Sec61 into the
endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Because these proteins have evolved to fold in the ER, their …

Transthyretin and BRICHOS: the paradox of amyloidogenic proteins with anti-amyloidogenic activity for Aβ in the central nervous system

JN Buxbaum, J Johansson - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Amyloid fibrils are physiologically insoluble biophysically specific β-sheet rich structures
formed by the aggregation of misfolded proteins. In vivo tissue amyloid formation is …

Relationship between thyroid hormone levels and the pathology of Alzheimer's disease in euthyroid subjects

BW Choi, S Kim, S Kang, KS Won, HA Yi, HW Kim - Thyroid, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Background: Although several studies have reported an association between thyroid
dysfunction and Alzheimer's disease (AD), the effect of mild thyroid dysfunction within the …