The amyloid beta peptide: a chemist's perspective. Role in Alzheimer's and fibrillization

IW Hamley - Chemical reviews, 2012 - ACS Publications
This review is concerned with the role of fibrillization of the amyloid β (Aβ)-peptide in
Alzheimer's disease (AD). The perspective is that of a physical chemist, and one aim is to …

Alzheimer's disease: the challenge of the second century

DM Holtzman, JC Morris, AM Goate - Science translational medicine, 2011 - science.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) was first described a little more than 100 years ago. It is the most
common cause of dementia with an estimated prevalence of 30 million people worldwide, a …

Validating novel tau positron emission tomography tracer [F‐18]‐AV‐1451 (T807) on postmortem brain tissue

M Marquié, MD Normandin, CR Vanderburg… - Annals of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To examine region‐and substrate‐specific autoradiographic and in vitro binding
patterns of positron emission tomography tracer [F‐18]‐AV‐1451 (previously known as …

Cerebrospinal fluid and blood biomarkers for neurodegenerative dementias: An update of the Consensus of the Task Force on Biological Markers in Psychiatry of the …

P Lewczuk, P Riederer, SE O'bryant… - The world journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In the 12 years since the publication of the first Consensus Paper of the WFSBP on
biomarkers of neurodegenerative dementias, enormous advancement has taken place in …

Sporadic cerebral amyloid angiopathy revisited: recent insights into pathophysiology and clinical spectrum

A Charidimou, Q Gang, DJ Werring - Journal of Neurology …, 2012 - jnnp.bmj.com
Sporadic cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a common age related cerebral small vessel
disease, characterised by progressive deposition of amyloid-β (Aβ) in the wall of small to …

Aβ oligomers–a decade of discovery

DM Walsh, DJ Selkoe - Journal of neurochemistry, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Converging lines of evidence suggest that progressive accumulation of the amyloid β‐
protein (Aβ) plays a central role in the genesis of Alzheimer's disease, but it was long …

Effects of in vivo conditions on amyloid aggregation

MC Owen, D Gnutt, M Gao, SKTS Wärmländer… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the grand challenges of biophysical chemistry is to understand the principles that
govern protein misfolding and aggregation, which is a highly complex process that is …

[HTML][HTML] Oligomeric and fibrillar species of amyloid-β peptides differentially affect neuronal viability

KN Dahlgren, AM Manelli, WB Stine, LK Baker… - Journal of Biological …, 2002 - ASBMB
Genetic evidence predicts a causative role for amyloid-β (Aβ) in Alzheimer's disease. Recent
debate has focused on whether fibrils (amyloid) or soluble oligomers of Aβ are the active …

[HTML][HTML] AGGRESCAN: a server for the prediction and evaluation of" hot spots" of aggregation in polypeptides

O Conchillo-Solé, NS de Groot, FX Avilés, J Vendrell… - BMC …, 2007 - Springer
Background Protein aggregation correlates with the development of several debilitating
human disorders of growing incidence, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. On …

[HTML][HTML] Deciphering the molecular basis of memory failure in Alzheimer's disease

DM Walsh, DJ Selkoe - Neuron, 2004 - cell.com
Acutely developing lesions of the brain have been highly instructive in elucidating the neural
systems underlying memory in humans and animal models. Much less has been learned …