Amyloid β protein forms ion channels: implications for Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology

HAI Lin, R Bhatia, R Lal - The FASEB Journal, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Amyloid β protein (AβP) is the major constituent of senile plaques associated with
Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, its mechanistic role in AD pathogenesis is poorly …

Neurodegenerative diseases: new concepts of pathogenesis and their therapeutic implications

DM Skovronsky, VMY Lee… - Annu. Rev. Pathol. Mech …, 2006 - annualreviews.org
Neurodegenerative diseases as diverse as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob
disease share a common pathogenetic mechanism involving aggregation and deposition of …

In vitro characterization of conditions for amyloid-β peptide oligomerization and fibrillogenesis

WB Stine, KN Dahlgren, GA Krafft, MJ LaDu - Journal of Biological …, 2003 - ASBMB
Extensive research causally links amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) to Alzheimer's disease, although
the pathologically relevant Aβ conformation remains unclear. Aβ spontaneously aggregates …

α-Sheet secondary structure in amyloid β-peptide drives aggregation and toxicity in Alzheimer's disease

D Shea, CC Hsu, TM Bi, N Paranjapye… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the deposition of β-sheet–rich, insoluble
amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) plaques; however, plaque burden is not correlated with cognitive …

Preparing synthetic Aβ in different aggregation states

WB Stine, L Jungbauer, C Yu, MJ LaDu - Alzheimer's Disease and …, 2011 - Springer
This chapter outlines protocols that produce homogenous preparations of oligomeric and
fibrillar amyloid-β peptide (Aβ). While there are several isoforms of this peptide, the 42 …

Crossing the blood-brain-barrier with nanoligand drug carriers self-assembled from a phage display peptide

LP Wu, D Ahmadvand, J Su, A Hall, X Tan… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The filamentous bacteriophage fd bind a cell target with exquisite specificity through its few
copies of display peptides, whereas nanoparticles functionalized with hundreds to …

Stabilization of neurotoxic Alzheimer amyloid-β oligomers by protein engineering

A Sandberg, LM Luheshi… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Soluble oligomeric aggregates of the amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) have been implicated in the
pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although the conformation adopted by Aβ within …

Copper and oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

G Eskici, PH Axelsen - Biochemistry, 2012 - ACS Publications
Copper is a redox-active metal with many important biological roles. Consequently, its
distribution and oxidation state are subject to stringent regulation. A large body of …

Amyloid-β aggregation

VH Finder, R Glockshuber - Neurodegenerative Diseases, 2007 - karger.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease in the growing
population of elderly people. A hallmark of AD is the accumulation of plaques in the brain of …

Spherical aggregates of β-amyloid (amylospheroid) show high neurotoxicity and activate tau protein kinase I/glycogen synthase kinase-3β

M Hoshi, M Sato, S Matsumoto… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
β-Amyloid (Aβ) acquires toxicity by self-aggregation. To identify and characterize the toxic
form (s) of Aβ aggregates, we examined in vitro aggregation conditions by using large …