Protein aggregation–mechanisms, detection, and control

W Wang, CJ Roberts - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2018 - Elsevier
Protein aggregation has been recognized as one of the major challenges in the
development and commercialization of successful protein-based drug products because of …

Science and art of protein formulation development

W Wang, S Ohtake - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2019 - Elsevier
Protein pharmaceuticals have become a significant class of marketed drug products and are
expected to grow steadily over the next decade. Development of a commercial protein …

Immunoglobulin light chain amyloid aggregation

LM Blancas-Mejia, P Misra, CJ Dick… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a devastating, complex, and incurable protein misfolding
disease. It is characterized by an abnormal proliferation of plasma cells (fully differentiated B …

Structural mapping of oligomeric intermediates in an amyloid assembly pathway

TK Karamanos, MP Jackson, AN Calabrese… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Transient oligomers are commonly formed in the early stages of amyloid assembly.
Determining the structure (s) of these species and defining their role (s) in assembly is key to …

Understanding AL amyloidosis with a little help from in vivo models

G Martinez-Rivas, S Bender, C Sirac - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig) light chain amyloidosis (AL) is a rare but severe disease
that may occur when a B or plasma cell clone secretes an excess of free Ig light chains …

Animal models of monoclonal immunoglobulin-related renal diseases

C Sirac, GA Herrera, PW Sanders, V Batuman… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
The renal deposition of monoclonal immunoglobulins can cause severe renal complications
in patients with B cell and plasma cell lymphoproliferative disorders. The overproduction of a …

Desmin forms toxic, seeding-competent amyloid aggregates that persist in muscle fibers

N Kedia, K Arhzaouy, SK Pittman… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Desmin-associated myofibrillar myopathy (MFM) has pathologic similarities to
neurodegeneration-associated protein aggregate diseases. Desmin is an abundant muscle …

The molecular lifecycle of amyloid–Mechanism of assembly, mesoscopic organisation, polymorphism, suprastructures, and biological consequences

L Lutter, CJ Serpell, MF Tuite, WF Xue - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2019 - Elsevier
The formation of a diverse range of amyloid structures from normally soluble proteins and
peptides is a hallmark of devastating human disorders as well as biological functions. The …

Design, synthesis, and characterization of protein origami based on self-assembly of a brick and staple artificial protein pair

L Moreaud, S Viollet, A Urvoas… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
A versatile strategy to create an inducible protein assembly with predefined geometry is
demonstrated. The assembly is triggered by a binding protein that staples two identical …

Mechanistic insights into the early events in the aggregation of immunoglobulin light chains

P Misra, LM Blancas-Mejia, M Ramirez-Alvarado - Biochemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
Little is known about the mechanism of amyloid assembly in immunoglobulin light chain (AL)
amyloidosis, in contrast to other amyloid diseases. Early events in the aggregation pathway …