The complexity of Alzheimer's disease: an evolving puzzle

C Ferrari, S Sorbi - Physiological reviews, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
The history of Alzheimer's disease (AD) started in 1907, but we needed to wait until the end
of the century to identify the components of pathological hallmarks and genetic subtypes and …

Secondary nucleation in amyloid formation

M Törnquist, TCT Michaels, K Sanagavarapu… - Chemical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Nucleation of new peptide and protein aggregates on the surfaces of amyloid fibrils of the
same peptide or protein has emerged in the past two decades as a major pathway for both …

2.7 Å cryo-EM structure of ex vivo RML prion fibrils

SW Manka, W Zhang, A Wenborn, J Betts… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Mammalian prions propagate as distinct strains and are composed of multichain assemblies
of misfolded host-encoded prion protein (PrP). Here, we present a near-atomic resolution …

Propagation and spread of pathogenic protein assemblies in neurodegenerative diseases

M Jucker, LC Walker - Nature neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
Many neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, are characterized by the progressive appearance of abnormal …

α-Synuclein strains target distinct brain regions and cell types

A Lau, RWL So, HHC Lau, JC Sang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The clinical and pathological differences between synucleinopathies such as Parkinson's
disease and multiple system atrophy have been postulated to stem from unique strains of α …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneity in Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and progression rates: implications for therapeutic trials

R Duara, W Barker - Neurotherapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
The clinical presentation and the pathological processes underlying Alzheimer's disease
(AD) can be very heterogeneous in severity, location, and composition including the amount …

Structural heterogeneity of α-synuclein fibrils amplified from patient brain extracts

T Strohäker, BC Jung, SH Liou, CO Fernandez… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) and Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) are clinically distinctive
diseases that feature a common neuropathological hallmark of aggregated α-synuclein …

Molecular structure of a prevalent amyloid-β fibril polymorph from Alzheimer's disease brain tissue

U Ghosh, KR Thurber, WM Yau… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Amyloid-β (Aβ) fibrils exhibit self-propagating, molecular-level polymorphisms that may
contribute to variations in clinical and pathological characteristics of Alzheimer's disease …

Stacked binding of a PET ligand to Alzheimer's tau paired helical filaments

GE Merz, MJ Chalkley, SK Tan, E Tse, J Lee… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Accumulation of filamentous aggregates of tau protein in the brain is a pathological hallmark
of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and many other neurodegenerative tauopathies. The filaments …

The viral protein corona directs viral pathogenesis and amyloid aggregation

K Ezzat, M Pernemalm, S Pålsson, TC Roberts… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Artificial nanoparticles accumulate a protein corona layer in biological fluids, which
significantly influences their bioactivity. As nanosized obligate intracellular parasites, viruses …