Amyloid-type protein aggregation and prion-like properties of amyloids

D Willbold, B Strodel, GF Schröder, W Hoyer… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review will focus on the process of amyloid-type protein aggregation. Amyloid fibrils are
an important hallmark of protein misfolding diseases and therefore have been investigated …

Amyloid β oligomers in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis, treatment, and diagnosis

KL Viola, WL Klein - Acta neuropathologica, 2015 - Springer
Protein aggregation is common to dozens of diseases including prionoses, diabetes,
Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Over the past 15 years, there has been a paradigm shift in …

Localization and processing of the amyloid-β protein precursor in mitochondria-associated membranes

D Del Prete, JM Suski, B Oulès… - Journal of …, 2017 - content.iospress.com
Alteration of mitochondria-associated membranes (MAMs) has been proposed to contribute
to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We studied herein the subcellular …

An N-terminal fragment of the prion protein binds to amyloid-β oligomers and inhibits their neurotoxicity in vivo

BR Fluharty, E Biasini, M Stravalaci, A Sclip… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
A hallmark of Alzheimer disease (AD) is the accumulation of the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide in
the brain. Considerable evidence suggests that soluble Aβ oligomers are responsible for the …

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 …

β-Amyloid precursor protein does not possess ferroxidase activity but does stabilize the cell surface ferrous iron exporter ferroportin

BX Wong, A Tsatsanis, LQ Lim, PA Adlard, AI Bush… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Ceruloplasmin is a ferroxidase that interacts with ferroportin to export cellular iron, but is not
expressed in neurons. We recently reported that the amyloid precursor protein (APP) is the …

Caspase activation and caspase-mediated cleavage of APP is associated with amyloid β-protein-induced synapse loss in Alzheimer's disease

G Park, HS Nhan, SH Tyan, Y Kawakatsu, C Zhang… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Amyloid β-protein (Aβ) toxicity is hypothesized to play a seminal role in Alzheimer's disease
(AD) pathogenesis. However, it remains unclear how Aβ causes synaptic dysfunction and …

High molecular mass assemblies of amyloid-β oligomers bind prion protein in patients with Alzheimer's disease

F Dohler, D Sepulveda-Falla, S Krasemann… - Brain, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia and the generation of oligomeric
species of amyloid-β is causal to the initiation and progression of it. Amyloid-β oligomers …

Visual and fluorescent assays for selective detection of beta-amyloid oligomers based on the inner filter effect of gold nanoparticles on the fluorescence of CdTe …

N Xia, B Zhou, N Huang, M Jiang, J Zhang… - Biosensors and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Beta-amyloid (Aβ) peptides are the major constituents of senile plaques in the brains of
Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Aβ monomers (AβMs) can coalesce to form small, soluble …

Ligands binding to the prion protein induce its proteolytic release with therapeutic potential in neurodegenerative proteinopathies

L Linsenmeier, B Mohammadi, M Shafiq, K Frontzek… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The prion protein (PrPC) is a central player in neurodegenerative diseases, such as prion
diseases or Alzheimer's disease. In contrast to disease-promoting cell surface PrPC …