β2-microglobulin: from physiology to amyloidosis

Serum beta-2-microglobulin, TNF-α and interleukins in myeloproliferative disorders

(2010) Konstantinos L. Bourantas et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY

Cellular Expression or Binding of desLys58-β2 Microglobulin is not Dependent on the Presence of the Tri-molecular MHC Class I Complex

(2010) M. Wang et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

A β2-microglobulin cleavage variant fibrillates at near-physiological pH

(2009) Dorthe B. Corlin et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Human beta-2 microglobulin W60V mutant structure: Implications for stability and amyloid aggregation

(2009) Stefano Ricagno et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Globular Tetramers of β2-Microglobulin Assemble into Elaborate Amyloid Fibrils

(2009) Helen E. White et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A Generic Mechanism of β2-Microglobulin Amyloid Assembly at Neutral pH Involving a Specific Proline Switch

(2009) Timo Eichner et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A Circulating β2-Microglobulin Intermediate in Hemodialysis Patients

(2009) Yoshinori Uji et al.   NEPHRON CLINICAL PRACTICE

DE loop mutations affect β2-microglobulin stability and amyloid aggregation

(2008) Stefano Ricagno et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Growth of β2-microglobulin-related amyloid fibrils by non-esterified fatty acids at a neutral pH

(2008) Kazuhiro Hasegawa et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Early Stages of Misfolding and Association of β2-Microglobulin: Insights from Infrared Spectroscopy and Dynamic Light Scattering†

(2008) Heinz Fabian et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

β2-Microglobulin Amyloid Fragment Organization and Morphology and Its Comparison to Aβ Suggests That Amyloid Aggregation Pathways Are Sequence Specific†

(2008) Jie Zheng et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Amyloid Nucleation Triggered by Agitation of β2-Microglobulin under Acidic and Neutral pH Conditions

(2008) Kenji Sasahara et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Organic solvent mediated self-association of an amyloid forming peptide from β2-microglobulin: An atomic force microscopy study

(2008) Nitin Chaudhary et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

The influence of Cu2+ on the unfolding and refolding of intact and proteolytically processed β2-microglobulin

(2008) Ersilia De Lorenzi et al.   ELECTROPHORESIS

Sulfonated molecules that bind a partially structured species of β2-microglobulin also influence refolding and fibrillogenesis

(2008) Chiara Carazzone et al.   ELECTROPHORESIS

A Common β-Sheet Architecture Underliesin Vitroandin Vivoβ2-Microglobulin Amyloid Fibrils

(2008) Thomas R. Jahn et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A Comprehensive Model for Packing and Hydration for Amyloid Fibrils of β2-Microglobulin

(2008) Young-Ho Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Kinetic Coupling of Folding and Prolyl Isomerization of β2-Microglobulin Studied by Mutational Analysis

(2008) Michiko Sakata et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The Controlling Roles of Trp60 and Trp95 in β2-Microglobulin Function, Folding and Amyloid Aggregation Properties

(2008) Gennaro Esposito et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Fibril Growth Kinetics Reveal a Region of β2-microglobulin Important for Nucleation and Elongation of Aggregation

(2008) Geoffrey W. Platt et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

HDX-ESI-MS reveals enhanced conformational dynamics of the amyloidogenic protein β 2-microglobulin upon release from the MHC-1

(2008) John P. Hodkinson et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY

β2-Microglobulin stimulates osteoclast formation

(2008) C. Menaa et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

A regulatable switch mediates self-association in an immunoglobulin fold

(2008) Matthew F Calabrese et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Lysophospholipids induce the nucleation and extension of  2-microglobulin-related amyloid fibrils at a neutral pH

(2008) T. Ookoshi et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

 2-Microglobulin is potentially neurotoxic, but the blood brain barrier is likely to protect the brain from its toxicity

(2008) S. Giorgetti et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

Systematic analysis of nucleation-dependent polymerization reveals new insights into the mechanism of amyloid self-assembly

(2008) Wei-Feng Xue et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cu(II) organizes β-2-microglobulin oligomers but is released upon amyloid formation

(2008) Kwasi Antwi et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Interactive sequences in the molecular chaperone, human αB crystallin modulate the fibrillation of amyloidogenic proteins

(2007) Joy G. Ghosh et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

Thiol Compounds Inhibit the Formation of Amyloid Fibrils by β2-Microglobulin at Neutral pH

(2007) Kaori Yamamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Procollagen C-proteinase enhancer-1 (PCPE-1) interacts with β2-microglobulin (β2-m) and may help initiate β2-m amyloid fibril formation in connective tissues

(2007) H MORIMOTO et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

Increased levels of serum matrix metalloproteinase-3 in haemodialysis patients with dialysis-related amyloidosis

(2007) TOSHIHIDE NAGANUMA et al.   NEPHROLOGY

Pathological Aspects of β2-Microglobulin Amyloidosis

(2003) Michel Jadoul et al.   SEMINARS IN DIALYSIS

The role of disulfide bond in the amyloidogenic state of β2-microglobulin studied by heteronuclear NMR

(2002) Hidenori Katou et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

The solution structure of human β2-microglobulin reveals the prodromes of its amyloid transition

(2002) Giuliana Verdone et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE