Amyloidosis is a relatively rare human disease caused by the deposition of abnormal protein fibres in the extracellular space of various tissues, impairing their normal function. Proteomic analysis of patients’ biopsies, developed by Dogan and collea...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is marked by chronic neurodegeneration associated with the occurrence of plaques containing amyloid β (Aβ) proteins in various parts of the human brain. An increase in several Aβ fragments is well documented in patients with...
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder in which early detection remains limited by the cost and invasiveness of positron emission tomography and cerebrospinal fluid testing. We evaluated whether plasma proteomic profile...
A recent analysis compared the proteome of (i) blood clots seen in two diseases—sepsis and long COVID—when blood was known to have clotted into an amyloid microclot form (as judged by staining with the fluorogenic amyloid stain thioflavin...
We recently discovered three distinct pathophysiological subtypes in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) using cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) proteomics: one with neuronal hyperplasticity, a second with innate immune system activation, and a third subtype with blood...
This study aimed to elucidate the similarities and differences between amyloid-forming corpora amylacea (CA) in the prostate and lung, examine the nature of CAs in cystic tumors of the atrioventricular node (CTAVN), and clarify the distinctions betwe...
The amyloid-β peptide is considered as a key player in the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Although good evidence exists that amyloid-β accumulates inside cells, intracellular brain amyloid-binding proteins remain poorly char...
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a prevalent cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) and prominent cause of vascular contributions to cognitive impairments and dementia (VCID). CAA is characterized by progressive accumulation of fibrillar amyloid &b...
Amyloid deposition has been reported to localize within thrombi; however, its pathological characteristics, particularly its precursor proteins, remain poorly understood. This study aimed to elucidate the pathological features of thrombus-associated...
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) are progressive multifactorial disorders of the nervous system sharing common pathogenic features, including intracellular misfolded protein aggregation, mitochondrial deficit, and inflammation. Taking into considera...
Amyloids are fibrillar proteins with a cross-β structure. Pathological amyloids are associated with the development of a number of incurable diseases, while functional amyloids regulate vital processes. The detection of unknown amyloids in livin...
Amyloids are protein fibrils with characteristic spatial structure. Though amyloids were long perceived to be pathogens that cause dozens of incurable pathologies in humans and mammals, it is currently clear that amyloids also represent a functionall...
In classical amyloidoses, amyloid fibres form through the nucleation and accretion of protein monomers, with protofibrils and fibrils exhibiting a cross-β motif of parallel or antiparallel β-sheets oriented perpendicular to the fibre direct...
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is characterized by accumulation of amyloid β (Aβ) in walls of leptomeningeal vessels and cortical capillaries in the brain. The loss of integrity of these vessels caused by cerebrovascular Aβ deposits results in fra...
Salmonella enterica is an important foodborne pathogen that causes gastroenteritis and systemic infection in humans and livestock. Salmonella biofilms consist of two major components—amyloid curli and cellulose—which contribute to th...
Background/Objectives: Affinity proteomics of amyloid precursor protein (APP) is complicated by proteolytic processing, dynamic trafficking, and purification background. We generated a C-terminal 3×FLAG knock-in at the endogenous App locus to e...
Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is the most prevalent valvular heart disease in the developed world, yet no pharmacological therapy exists. Here, we hypothesize that the integration of multiple omic data represents an approach towards unveiling...
With the rapid progress in deciphering the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), it has been widely accepted that the accumulation of misfolded amyloid β (Aβ) in the brain could cause the neurodegeneration in AD. Although much evi...
The diagnosis of ewes’ pregnancy status at an early stage is an efficient way to enhance the reproductive output of sheep and allow producers to optimize production and management. The techniques of proteomics and metabolomics have been widely...
The non-receptor focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is highly expressed in the central nervous system during development, where it regulates neurite outgrowth and axon guidance, but its role in the adult healthy and diseased brain, specifically in Alzheimer...
Amyloid beta (Aβ) depositions are more abundant in HIV-infected brains. The blood–brain barrier, with its backbone created by endothelial cells, is assumed to be a core player in Aβ homeostasis and may contribute to Aβ accumulati...
Secreted amyloid precursor protein alpha (sAPPα), processed from a parent mammalian brain protein, amyloid precursor protein, can modulate learning and memory. Recently it has been shown to modulate the transcriptome and proteome of human neuro...
In this review, we describe the methods used for the extraction and mass spectrometry proteomics analysis of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), the two primary pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We also provide...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, heterogeneous at the molecular level and characterized by diverse and complex pathological features. Such features are known to accumulate silently in the brain over years or...
Transthyretin (TTR) variant (V30M) polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN) is a progressive systemic amyloidosis caused by transthyretin aggregation, leading to a variety of debilitating manifestations, including neuropathy and cardiomyopathy. We investigated the...
Protein misfolding, aggregation, and aberrant aggregate accumulation play a central role in neurodegenerative disease progression. The proteotoxic factors also govern the aging process to a large extent. Molecular chaperones modulate proteostasis and...
Oxidative and nitrosative stress are widely recognized as critical factors in the pathogenesis and progression of Alzheimer disease (AD) and its earlier stage, amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI). A major source of free radicals that lead to oxi...
Origanum L. (Lamiaceae) is an important genus of medicinal and aromatic plants used in traditional medicine since ancient times as culinary herbs and remedies. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the chemical composition, as well as the bioc...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia among the elderly. Neuropathologically, AD is characterized by the deposition of a 39- to 42-amino acid long β-amyloid (Aβ) peptide in the form of senile plaques. Several post-...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a common dementia disease in the elderly. To get a better understanding of the pathophysiology, we performed a proteomic analysis of the urine exosomes (U-exo) in AD model mice (J20). The polymer precipitation method...
The number of yeast prions and prion-like proteins described since 1994 has grown from two to nearly twenty. If in the early years most scientists working with the classic mammalian prion, PrPSc, were skeptical about the possibility of using the term...
Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is a progressive disorder clinically characterized by Hakim’s triad: gait disturbance, cognitive impairment, and urinary incontinence. iNPH treatment consists of neurosurgical implantation of a ve...
Amyloidoses are characterized by aggregation of proteins into highly ordered amyloid fibrils, which deposit in the extracellular space of tissues, leading to organ dysfunction. In AL (amyloid light chain) amyloidosis, the most common form in Western...
Amyloids represent protein fibrils with a highly ordered spatial structure, which not only cause dozens of incurable human and animal diseases but also play vital biological roles in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya. Despite the fact that association o...
Amyloidosis is a rare disease caused by the misfolding and extracellular aggregation of proteins as insoluble fibrillary deposits localized either in specific organs or systemically throughout the body. The organ targeted and the disease progression...
Background/Objectives: Idiopathic Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) can be an early manifestation of systemic amyloidosis, particularly transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA). The primary purpose of this retrospective case series was to describe the...
Proteinopathy refers to a group of disorders defined by depositions of amyloids within living tissue. Neurodegenerative proteinopathies, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, and others, cons...
Amyloid-producing ameloblastoma (APAB) is characterized by abundant amyloid deposits in ameloblastoma, but the amyloid precursor protein is unknown. To explore this, we conducted histopathologic and proteomic analyses on formalin-fixed and paraffin-e...
Functional amyloids are widely distributed in bacteria and play important roles in biofilm formation and microbial physiology. However, most currently known bacterial amyloids have been identified through sequence homology to a limited number of prot...
Renal amyloidosis is a set of complex disorders characterized by the deposition of amyloid proteins in the kidneys, which causes gradual organ damage and potential kidney failure. Recent developments in diagnostic methods, particularly mass spectrome...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder in the human population, for which there is currently no cure. The cause of AD is unknown; however, the toxic effects of amyloid-β (Aβ) are believed to play a role in its onset. T...
Background: To study the changes in protein composition of atherosclerotic plaques at different stages of their development in coronary atherosclerosis using proteomics. Methods: The object of research consisted of homogenates of atherosclerotic plaq...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an irreversible neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive cognitive decline. The two cardinal neuropathological hallmarks of AD include the buildup of cerebral β amyloid (Aβ) plaques and neurof...
Pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are deposits of amyloid beta (Aβ) and hyper-phosphorylated tau aggregates in brain plaques. Recent studies have highlighted the importance of Aβ and tau-containing extracellular vesic...
(1) Objective: The aim of this dynamic LC-MS (liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry) human platelet proteomic study was to identify the potential proteins candidates for biomarkers of acute ischemic stroke (AIS), their changes during the acute...
Amyloidosis refers to a clinically heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by the extracellular deposition of amyloid proteins in various tissues of the body. To date, 42 different amyloid proteins that originate from normal precursor proteins...
The objective of this review is to describe the usage and applicability of proteomics technologies in the study of mastitis in ewes. In ewes, proteomics technologies have been employed for furthering knowledge in mastitis caused by various agents (St...
(1) Background and aims: Amyloidosis due to aggregation of amyloid-β (Aβ42) is a key pathogenic event in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), whereas aggregation of mature islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP37) in human islets leads to β-cell d...
Background: Septic Emergency Department (ED) patients provide a unique opportunity to investigate early sepsis. Recent work focuses on exosomes, nanoparticle-sized lipid vesicles (30–130 nm) that are released into the bloodstream to transfer it...
Amyloid beta (Aβ) oligomers are key mediators of synaptic dysfunction and neural circuit impairment in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). While plasma Aβ oligomerization propensity (OAβ) correlates with cerebral amyloid pathology and cogn...
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