A mechanistic hypothesis for the impairment of synaptic plasticity by soluble Aβ oligomers from Alzheimer's brain

S Li, DJ Selkoe - Journal of neurochemistry, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
It is increasingly accepted that early cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease results in
considerable part from synaptic dysfunction caused by the accumulation of a range of …

[HTML][HTML] Soluble amyloid-β oligomers as synaptotoxins leading to cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease

ST Ferreira, MV Lourenco, MM Oliveira… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly, and affects
millions of people worldwide. As the number of AD cases continues to increase in both …

Reversal of synapse loss in Alzheimer mouse models by targeting mGluR5 to prevent synaptic tagging by C1Q

J Spurrier, LS Nicholson, XT Fang, AJ Stoner… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Microglia-mediated synaptic loss contributes to the development of cognitive impairments in
Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the basis for this immune-mediated attack on synapses …

[HTML][HTML] The biological function of the cellular prion protein: an update

MA Wulf, A Senatore, A Aguzzi - BMC biology, 2017 - Springer
The misfolding of the cellular prion protein (PrP C) causes fatal neurodegenerative
diseases. Yet PrP C is highly conserved in mammals, suggesting that it exerts beneficial …

[HTML][HTML] PrP is a central player in toxicity mediated by soluble aggregates of neurodegeneration-causing proteins

GT Corbett, Z Wang, W Hong, M Colom-Cadena… - Acta …, 2020 - Springer
Neurodegenerative diseases are an enormous public health problem, affecting tens of
millions of people worldwide. Nearly all of these diseases are characterized by …

A label-free electrical impedimetric biosensor for the specific detection of Alzheimer's amyloid-beta oligomers

JV Rushworth, A Ahmed, HH Griffiths… - Biosensors and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, with over 37 million
sufferers worldwide and a global cost of over $600 billion. There is currently no cure for AD …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-interactions between the Alzheimer disease amyloid-β peptide and other amyloid proteins: a further aspect of the amyloid cascade hypothesis

J Luo, SKTS Wärmländer, A Gräslund… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
Many protein folding diseases are intimately associated with accumulation of amyloid
aggregates. The amyloid materials formed by different proteins/peptides share many …

Exosomal cellular prion protein drives fibrillization of amyloid beta and counteracts amyloid beta‐mediated neurotoxicity

C Falker, A Hartmann, I Guett, F Dohler… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease is a common neurodegenerative, progressive, and fatal disorder.
Generation and deposition of amyloid beta (Aβ) peptides associate with its pathogenesis …

Electrochemical detection of amyloid-β oligomers based on the signal amplification of a network of silver nanoparticles

N Xia, X Wang, B Zhou, Y Wu, W Mao… - ACS applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Amyloid-β oligomers (AβOs) are the most important toxic species in the brain of Alzheimer's
disease (AD) patient. AβOs, therefore, are considered reliable molecular biomarkers for the …

[HTML][HTML] α-Synuclein amyloids hijack prion protein to gain cell entry, facilitate cell-to-cell spreading and block prion replication

S Aulić, L Masperone, J Narkiewicz, E Isopi… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The precise molecular mechanism of how misfolded α-synuclein (α-Syn) accumulates and
spreads in synucleinopathies is still unknown. Here, we show the role of the cellular prion …