Molecular pathology of neurodegenerative diseases by cryo-EM of amyloids

SHW Scheres, B Ryskeldi-Falcon, M Goedert - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abnormal assembly of tau, α-synuclein, TDP-43 and amyloid-β proteins into amyloid
filaments defines most human neurodegenerative diseases. Genetics provides a direct link …

Amyloid oligomers: A joint experimental/computational perspective on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PH Nguyen, A Ramamoorthy, BR Sahoo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein misfolding and aggregation is observed in many amyloidogenic diseases affecting
either the central nervous system or a variety of peripheral tissues. Structural and dynamic …

Assembly of recombinant tau into filaments identical to those of Alzheimer's disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy

S Lövestam, FA Koh, B van Knippenberg, A Kotecha… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Abundant filamentous inclusions of tau are characteristic of more than 20
neurodegenerative diseases that are collectively termed tauopathies. Electron cryo …

Pathological mechanisms and therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's disease

Y Ju, KY Tam - Neural regeneration research, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Alzheimer's disease is a rather complex neurodegenerative disease, which is attributed to a
combination of multiple factors. Among the many pathological pathways, synaptic …

A new era for understanding amyloid structures and disease

MG Iadanza, MP Jackson, EW Hewitt… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2018 - nature.com
The aggregation of proteins into amyloid fibrils and their deposition into plaques and
intracellular inclusions is the hallmark of amyloid disease. The accumulation and deposition …

Electrostatic interactions in protein structure, folding, binding, and condensation

HX Zhou, X Pang - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Charged and polar groups, through forming ion pairs, hydrogen bonds, and other less
specific electrostatic interactions, impart important properties to proteins. Modulation of the …

Fibril structure of amyloid-β (1–42) by cryo–electron microscopy

L Gremer, D Schölzel, C Schenk, E Reinartz, J Labahn… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Amyloids are implicated in neurodegenerative diseases. Fibrillar aggregates of the amyloid-
β protein (Aβ) are the main component of the senile plaques found in brains of Alzheimer's …

Food protein amyloid fibrils: Origin, structure, formation, characterization, applications and health implications

Y Cao, R Mezzenga - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2019 - Elsevier
Amyloid fibrils have traditionally been considered only as pathological aggregates in human
neurodegenerative diseases, but it is increasingly becoming clear that the propensity to form …

Structure of FUS protein fibrils and its relevance to self-assembly and phase separation of low-complexity domains

DT Murray, M Kato, Y Lin, KR Thurber, I Hung… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Polymerization and phase separation of proteins containing low-complexity (LC) domains
are important factors in gene expression, mRNA processing and trafficking, and localization …

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 …