Alpha-synuclein research: defining strategic moves in the battle against Parkinson's disease

LMA Oliveira, T Gasser, R Edwards… - npj Parkinson's …, 2021 - nature.com
With the advent of the genetic era in Parkinson's disease (PD) research in 1997, α-synuclein
was identified as an important player in a complex neurodegenerative disease that affects> …

[HTML][HTML] Atomic force microscopy for single molecule characterisation of protein aggregation

FS Ruggeri, T Šneideris, M Vendruscolo… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2019 - Elsevier
The development of atomic force microscopy (AFM) has opened up a wide range of novel
opportunities in nanoscience and new modalities of observation in complex biological …

Different soluble aggregates of Aβ42 can give rise to cellular toxicity through different mechanisms

S De, DC Wirthensohn, P Flagmeier, C Hughes… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Protein aggregation is a complex process resulting in the formation of heterogeneous
mixtures of aggregate populations that are closely linked to neurodegenerative conditions …

Kinetic diversity of amyloid oligomers

AJ Dear, TCT Michaels, G Meisl… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The spontaneous assembly of proteins into amyloid fibrils is a phenomenon central to many
increasingly common and currently incurable human disorders, including Alzheimer's and …

Applications of nanobodies in brain diseases

F Zheng, Y Pang, L Li, Y Pang, J Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Nanobodies are antibody fragments derived from camelids, naturally endowed with
properties like low molecular weight, high affinity and low immunogenicity, which contribute …

Crucial role of protein oligomerization in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

ML Choi, S Gandhi - The FEBS journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Misfolding and aggregation of the proteins amyloid‐β, tau and alpha‐synuclein is the
predominant pathology underlying the neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer's and …

The growth of amyloid fibrils: rates and mechanisms

AK Buell - Biochemical Journal, 2019 - portlandpress.com
Amyloid fibrils are β-sheet-rich linear protein polymers that can be formed by a large variety
of different proteins. These assemblies have received much interest in recent decades, due …

Alpha-synuclein targeting therapeutics for Parkinson's disease and related synucleinopathies

S Menon, S Armstrong, A Hamzeh, NP Visanji… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
α-Synuclein (asyn) is a key pathogenetic factor in a group of neurodegenerative diseases
generically known as synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with …

Proteasome-targeted nanobodies alleviate pathology and functional decline in an α-synuclein-based Parkinson's disease model

D Chatterjee, M Bhatt, D Butler, E De Genst… - npj Parkinson's …, 2018 - nature.com
Therapeutics designed to target α-synuclein (α-syn) aggregation may be critical in halting
the progression of pathology in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. Nanobodies are single …

Preclinical Targeted α- and β-Radionuclide Therapy in HER2-Positive Brain Metastasis Using Camelid Single-Domain Antibodies

J Puttemans, Y Dekempeneer, JL Eersels, H Hanssens… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
HER2-targeted therapies have drastically improved the outcome for breast cancer patients.
However, when metastasis to the brain is involved, current strategies fail to hold up to the …