Organized Protein Assemblies

Authors Zelená A, Isbaner S, Ruhlandt D, Chizhik A, Cassini C, Klymchenko AS, Enderlein J, Chizhik A, Köster S Journal Nanoscale Citation Nanoscale. 2020 Nov 7;12(41):21306-21315. Abstract Human blood platelets are non-nucleated fragments of megacaryocytes and of high importance for early hemostasis. To form a blood clot, platelets adhere to

Authors Hentrich T, Wassouf Z, Ehrhardt C, Haas E, Mills JD, Aronica E, Outeiro TF, Hübener-Schmid J, Riess O, Casadei N, Schulze-Hentrich JM Journal Aging Citation Aging (Albany NY). 2020 Oct 5;12. Abstract Parkinson’s disease (PD) is an age-dependent neurodegenerative disorder. Besides characteristic motor symptoms, patients suffer from cognitive impairments

Authors Menezes R, Foito A, Jardim C, Costa I, Garcia G, Rosado-Ramos R, Freitag S, Alexander CJ, Outeiro TF, Stewart D, Santos CN Journal Antioxidants Citation Antioxidants (Basel). 2020 Aug 26;9(9):E789. Abstract Plants are a reservoir of high-value molecules with underexplored biomedical applications. With the aim of identifying novel health-promoting

Authors Morato Torres CA, Wassouf Z, Zafar F, Sastre D, Outeiro TF, Schüle B Journal International Journal of Molecular Sciences Citation Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21(16), 5724. Abstract Neurodevelopmental and late-onset neurodegenerative disorders present as separateentities that are clinically and neuropathologically quite distinct. However, recent evidence hashighlighted surprising commonalities

Authors Koss DJ, Bondarevaite O, Adams S, Leite M, Giorgini F, Attems J, Outeiro TF Journal Brain Pathology Citation Brain Pathol. 2020;10.1111/bpa.12890. Abstract Loss of function mutations within the vesicular trafficking protein Ras analogy in brain 39B (RAB39B) are associated with rare X‐linked Parkinson’s disease (PD). Physiologically, RAB39B is localized

Authors Lubetzki C, Zalc B, Williams A, Stadelmann C, Stankoff B Journal The Lancet. Neurology Citation The Lancet. Neurology. 2020 Aug;19(8):678-688. Abstract The treatment of multiple sclerosis has been transformed by the successful development of immunotherapies that efficiently reduce disease activity and related clinical relapses during the relapsing-remitting phase of

Authors Dominguez-Meijide A, Vasili E, König A, Cima-Omori MS, Ibáñez de Opakua A, Leonov A, Ryazanov S, Zweckstetter M, Griesinger C, Outeiro TF Journal Scientific Reports Citation Sci Rep 10, 12827 (2020). Abstract Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are common neurodegenerative disorders of the elderly and, therefore, affect

Authors Reshetniak S, Ußling JE, Perego E, Rammner B, Schikorski T, Fornasiero EF, Truckenbrodt S, Köster S, Rizzoli S Journal EMBO Journal Citation EMBO J. 2020 Jul 6;e104596. Abstract Many proteins involved in synaptic transmission are well known, and their features, as their abundance or spatial distribution, have been analyzed

Authors Jäckle K, Zeis T, Schaeren-Wiemers N, Junker A, van der Meer F, Kramann N, Stadelmann C, Brück W Journal Brain Citation Brain. 2020 Jul 1;143(7):2073-2088. Abstract Multiple sclerosis is an immune-mediated chronic inflammatory disease of the CNS that leads to demyelinated lesions in the grey and white matter. Inflammatory,

Authors Cassini C, Wittmeier A, Brehm G, Denz M, Burghammer M, Köster S Journal Journal of Synchrotron Radiation Citation J. Synchrotron Rad. (2020). 27, 1059–1068. Abstract X-ray imaging is a complementary method to electron and fluorescence microscopy for studying biological cells. In particular, scanning small-angle X-ray scattering provides overview images of whole cells