Effects of in vivo conditions on amyloid aggregation

MC Owen, D Gnutt, M Gao, SKTS Wärmländer… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the grand challenges of biophysical chemistry is to understand the principles that
govern protein misfolding and aggregation, which is a highly complex process that is …

Multi-target-directed ligands and other therapeutic strategies in the search of a real solution for Alzheimer's disease

A Agis-Torres, M Sollhuber… - Current …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
The lack of an adequate therapy for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) contributes greatly to the
continuous growing amount of papers and reviews, reflecting the important efforts made by …

Amyloid blood biomarker detects Alzheimer's disease

A Nabers, L Perna, J Lange, U Mons… - EMBO molecular …, 2018 - embopress.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is currently incurable, but there is general agreement that a
minimally invasive blood biomarker for screening in preclinical stages would be crucial for …

Function and toxicity of amyloid beta and recent therapeutic interventions targeting amyloid beta in Alzheimer's disease

K Rajasekhar, M Chakrabarti… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Amyloidogenesis has been implicated in a broad spectrum of diseases in which amyloid
protein is invariably misfolded and deposited in cells and organs. Alzheimer's disease is one …

Amyloid-β peptide dimers undergo a random coil to β-sheet transition in the aqueous phase but not at the neuronal membrane

H Fatafta, M Khaled, MC Owen… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Mounting evidence suggests that the neuronal cell membrane is the main site of oligomer-
mediated neuronal toxicity of amyloid-β peptides in Alzheimer's disease. To gain a detailed …

β-Amyloid peptides display protective activity against the human Alzheimer's disease-associated herpes simplex virus-1

K Bourgade, H Garneau, G Giroux, AY Le Page… - Biogerontology, 2015 - Springer
Amyloid plaques, the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), contain fibrillar β-amyloid (Aβ) 1-
40 and 1-42 peptides. Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) has been implicated as a risk factor …

[HTML][HTML] UB-311, a novel UBITh® amyloid β peptide vaccine for mild Alzheimer's disease

CY Wang, PN Wang, MJ Chiu, CL Finstad, F Lin… - Alzheimer's & Dementia …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction A novel amyloid β (Aβ) synthetic peptide vaccine (UB-311) has been evaluated
in a first-in-human trial with patients of mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease. We describe …

Amyloid‐beta misfolding and GFAP predict risk of clinical Alzheimer's disease diagnosis within 17 years

L Beyer, H Stocker, D Rujescu… - Alzheimer's & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Blood‐based biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) are urgently needed.
Here, four plasma biomarkers were measured at baseline in a community‐based cohort …

High-resolution probing of early events in amyloid-β aggregation related to Alzheimer's disease

BR Sahoo, SJ Cox, A Ramamoorthy - Chemical Communications, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), soluble oligomers of amyloid-β (Aβ) are emerging as a crucial
entity in driving disease progression as compared to insoluble amyloid deposits. The lacuna …

Protein misfolding and amyloid nucleation through liquid–liquid phase separation

S Mukherjee, M Poudyal, K Dave, P Kadu… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is an emerging phenomenon in cell physiology and
diseases. The weak multivalent interaction prerequisite for LLPS is believed to be facilitated …