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The Role of Functional Amyloids in Bacterial Virulence

Journal of Molecular Biology, 2018
Amyloid fibrils are best known as a product of human and animal protein misfolding disorders, where amyloid formation is associated with cytotoxicity and disease. It is now evident that for some proteins, the amyloid state constitutes the native structure and serves a functional role.
Van Gerven, Nani, Van der Verren, Sander E., Reiter, Dirk M., Remaut, Han   +3 more
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Subjective Cognitive Concerns and Cognitive Trajectories in Parkinson's Disease: Biomarker Impact

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the relationship of subjective cognitive concerns (SCC) with biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD), neurodegeneration, and Parkinson's disease (PD) and domain‐specific cognitive trajectories among cognitively unimpaired persons with de novo PD. Method Cognitively unimpaired participants with SCC (n = 294) and without SCC (
Francesca V. Lopez, Fareshte Erani, Katherine J. Bangen, David G. Coughlin, Douglas Galasko, Kelsey R. Thomas   +5 more
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The house that Kocuria built: A potential role for functional amyloid in the unique cube-based structure of K. varians biofilms

The Microbe
Biofilm is the dominant growth mode of microorganisms, providing protection, surface adhesion and synergy between co-habiting organisms. Many aspects of biofilm formation and architecture remain unknown and vary greatly among different species.
Daniel E. Otzen, Gabriel Antonio S. Minero, Henriette L. Røder, Anders M. Torp, Jakob Herschend, Lotte G. Nielsen, Olena Moshynets, Janni Nielsen, Rikke L. Meyer, Morten K.D. Dueholm, Mette Burmølle   +10 more
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Over Plasma Links Analytes to Cognitive Decline in Older Adults at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To identify inflammatory analytes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma associated with cognitive decline in cognitively normal (CN) older adults at risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Methods In a longitudinal study of 118 CN older adults (65–80 years, 54% APOE ε4, 26% preclinical AD), 1331 CSF and 1501 plasma analytes were ...
Jagan A. Pillai, Audrey Zhu, Chunxuan Ma, Ming Wang, Yifan Yang, Lynn M. Bekris, Maria Khrestian, Frank P. DiFilippo, Mikhail Nasrallah, Aaron Burberry, James B. Leverenz, Yuan Hou, Feixiong Cheng, Stephen M. Rao   +13 more
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Emerging functions of serum amyloid A in inflammation

Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 2015
Abstract SAA is a major acute-phase protein produced in large quantity during APR. The rise of SAA concentration in blood circulation during APR has been a clinical marker for active inflammation. In the past decade, research has been conducted to determine whether SAA plays an active role during inflammation and if so, how it influences
Richard D, Ye, Lei, Sun
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Amyloid and tau accumulate across distinct spatial networks and are differentially associated with brain connectivity

eLife, 2019
The abnormal accumulation of amyloid-β and tau targets specific spatial networks in Alzheimer’s disease. However, the relationship between these networks across different disease stages and their association with brain connectivity has not been explored.
Joana B Pereira, Rik Ossenkoppele, Sebastian Palmqvist, Tor Olof Strandberg, Ruben Smith, Eric Westman, Oskar Hansson   +6 more
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The Association of Amyloid‐β and Tau With Synaptic Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To clarify the relative contributions of amyloid and tau to synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Methods We included 109 cognitively unimpaired and impaired individuals from the Geneva Memory Center with available CSF synaptic biomarkers (neurogranin, SNAP‐25, GAP‐43). Participants were stratified according to amyloid (A)
Fausto Roveta, Augusto J. Mendes, Valentina Garibotto, Cecilia Boccalini, Aurelien Lathuiliere, Innocenzo Rainero, Elisa Rubino, Henrik Zetterberg, Nicholas J. Ashton, Federica Ribaldi, Giovanni B. Frisoni, for the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative   +11 more
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Utilizing the Metastability of Spidroins as a Strategy for Improving Mechanical Properties of Biomimetic Spider Silk Fibers

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Phase transitions are central for the assembly of recombinant silk proteins into fibers. Soluble protein can transition into condensed states such as condensates and gels. These states are metastable and evolve in a time‐dependent way. Metastability depends on the protein sequence, and this relationship can be used to enhance the mechanical properties ...
Fred‐Eric Sammalisto, Topias Lankinen, Celine Tallroth, Rafael A. Lara, Matilda Backholm, Markus B. Linder   +5 more
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Beyond Primary Nucleation: Molecular Basis of Peptide Crystal Secondary Nucleation at Soft Interface

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
High spatiotemporal‐resolution atomic force microscopy directly resolved peptide secondary nucleation (SN) and growth characteristics and mechanisms on HOPG. The landscape of peptide nucleation sites, growth dynamics, molecular‐scale structures, phase transitions, and cross‐seeding processes were realized.
Linhao Sun, Abilesh Kumar, Ayhan Yurtsever   +2 more
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Amyloid Imaging in Aging and Dementia: Testing the Amyloid Hypothesis In Vivo

Behavioural Neurology, 2009
Amyloid imaging represents a major advance in neuroscience, enabling the detection and quantification of pathologic protein aggregations in the brain. In this review we survey current amyloid imaging techniques, focusing on positron emission tomography ...
G. D. Rabinovici, W. J. Jagust
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