Quantifying misfolded protein oligomers as drug targets and biomarkers in Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases

K Kulenkampff, AM Wolf Perez, P Sormanni… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Protein misfolding and aggregation are characteristic of a wide range of neurodegenerative
disorders, including Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases. A hallmark of these diseases is the …

Challenging bioanalyses with capillary electrophoresis

CJ Kristoff, L Bwanali, LM Veltri, GP Gautam… - Analytical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
This report covers advances in capillary electrophoresis (CE) from January 2018 through
September 2019. A summary of the literature during this time period is insightful. A search …

Surface electrostatics govern the emulsion stability of biomolecular condensates

TJ Welsh, G Krainer, JR Espinosa, JA Joseph… - Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Liquid–liquid phase separation underlies the formation of biological condensates.
Physically, such systems are microemulsions that in general have a propensity to fuse and …

Digital sensing and molecular computation by an enzyme-free DNA circuit

WE Arter, Y Yusim, Q Peter, CG Taylor, D Klenerman… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
DNA circuits form the basis of programmable molecular systems capable of signal
transduction and algorithmic computation. Some classes of molecular programs, such as …

Microfluidic approaches for the analysis of protein–protein interactions in solution

WE Arter, A Levin, G Krainer, TPJ Knowles - Biophysical reviews, 2020 - Springer
Exploration and characterisation of the human proteome is a key objective enabling a
heightened understanding of biological function, malfunction and pharmaceutical design …

Rapid structural, kinetic, and immunochemical analysis of alpha-synuclein oligomers in solution

WE Arter, CK Xu, M Castellana-Cruz, TW Herling… - Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Oligomers comprised of misfolded proteins are implicated as neurotoxins in the
pathogenesis of protein misfolding conditions such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's …

Aptamers against immunoglobulins: Design, selection and bioanalytical applications

Z Bognár, RE Gyurcsányi - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nucleic acid aptamers show clear promise as diagnostic reagents, as highly specific strands
were reported against a large variety of biomarkers. They have appealing benefits in terms …

Microfluidics for multiscale studies of biomolecular condensates

NA Erkamp, R Qi, TJ Welsh, TPJ Knowles - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Membraneless organelles formed through condensation of biomolecules in living cells have
become the focus of sustained efforts to elucidate their mechanisms of formation and …

The role of shear forces in primary and secondary nucleation of amyloid fibrils

E Axell, J Hu, M Lindberg, AJ Dear… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Shear forces affect self-assembly processes ranging from crystallization to fiber formation.
Here, the effect of mild agitation on amyloid fibril formation was explored for four peptides …

Direct digital sensing of protein biomarkers in solution

G Krainer, KL Saar, WE Arter, TJ Welsh… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The detection of proteins is of central importance to biomolecular analysis and diagnostics.
Typical immunosensing assays rely on surface-capture of target molecules, but this …