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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

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Trans‐seeding of Alzheimer‐related tau protein by a yeast prion

Henning Paul-Julius Stahlberg

Abnormal tau protein aggregates constitute a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. The mechanisms underlying the initiation of tau aggregation in sporadic neurodegeneration remain unclear. Here we investigate whether a non-human prion can seed tau aggregation. ...

2022

C-reactive protein and white matter microstructural changes in COVID-19 patients with encephalopathy

Alessandra Griffa

Encephalopathy is a neurological complication of COVID-19. The objective of this exploratory study is to investigate the link between systemic inflammation and brain microstructural changes (measured by diffusion-weighted imaging) in patients with COVID-19 ...

SPRINGER WIEN2021

Gangliosides: Treatment Avenues in Neurodegenerative Disease

Pierre Magistretti

Gangliosides are cell membrane components, most abundantly in the central nervous system (CNS) where they exert among others neuro-protective and -restorative functions. Clinical development of ganglioside replacement therapy for several neurodegenerative ...

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2019

Human Kunitz-type protease inhibitor engineered for enhanced matrix retention extends longevity of fibrin biomaterials

Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Peter Frey, Hans Mattias Larsson, Priscilla Suhasna Maithili Briquez

Aprotinin is a broad-spectrum serine protease inhibitor used in the clinic as an anti-fibrinolytic agent in fibrin-based tissue sealants. However, upon re-exposure, some patients suffer from hypersensitivity immune reactions likely related to the bovine or ...

2017

In Vivo Longitudinal (1)H MRS Study of Transgenic Mouse Models of Prion Disease in the Hippocampus and Cerebellum at 14.1 T

Rolf Gruetter, Cristina Ramona Cudalbu Moldovan, Mélanie Craveiro

In vivo (1)H MR spectroscopy allows the non invasive characterization of brain metabolites and it has been used for studying brain metabolic changes in a wide range of neurodegenerative diseases. The prion diseases form a group of fatal neurodegenerative d ...

Springer Verlag2015

A novel UGGT1 and p97-dependent checkpoint for native ectodomains with ionizable intramembrane residue

Maurizio Molinari

Only native polypeptides are released from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to be transported at the site of activity. Persistently misfolded proteins are retained and eventually selected for ER-associated degradation (ERAD). The paradox of a structure-based ...

Amer Soc Cell Biology2015

Ultrafast photoinduced processes in metal - containing molecular complexes and in proteins

Roberto Monni

The aim of this thesis is to investigate the ultrafast inter¿ and intra¿molecular processes, occurring in both metal¿containing molecular complexes and in proteins, by means of ultrafast Transient Absorption (TA) spectroscopy. The first part of the thesis ...

EPFL2015

The Protein-disulfide Isomerase ERp57 Regulates the Steady-state Levels of the Prion Protein

Maurizio Molinari

Although the accumulation of a misfolded and protease-resistant form of the prion protein (PrP) is a key event in prion pathogenesis, the cellular factors involved in its folding and quality control are poorly understood. PrP is a glycosylated and disulfid ...

Amer Soc Biochemistry Molecular Biology Inc2015

Specificity and Regulation of the Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Degradation Machinery

Maurizio Molinari

The endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) machinery selects native and misfolded polypeptides for dislocation across the ER membrane and proteasomal degradation. Regulated degradation of native proteins is an important aspect of cell physiolo ...

Wiley-Blackwell2013

Understanding amyloid aggregation by statistical analysis of atomic force microscopy images

Giovanni Dietler, Paolo De Los Rios, Raffaele Mezzenga

The aggregation of proteins is central to many aspects of daily life, including food processing, blood coagulation, eye cataract formation disease and prion-related neurodegenerative infections[1–5]. However, the physical mechanisms responsible for amyloid ...

Nature Publishing Group2010

Solute energy based REMD : developments and applications to prion protein misfold predictions

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have increasingly contributed to the understanding of biomolecular processes, allowing for predictions of thermodynamic and structural properties. Unfortunately, the holy grail of protein structure prediction was soon fo ...

EPFL2008