Aberrant action of amyloidogenic host defense peptides: a new paradigm to investigate neurodegenerative disorders?

Histidine 14 Modulates Membrane Binding and Neurotoxicity of the Alzheimer's Disease Amyloid-β Peptide

(2017) Danielle G. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE

Binding Sites on Tau Proteins as Components for Antimicrobial Peptides

(2012) NAHOKO KOBAYASHI et al.   BIOCONTROL SCIENCE

Neurotoxicity of β-Amyloid Protein: Oligomerization, Channel Formation and Calcium Dyshomeostasis

(2012) Masahiro Kawahara   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN

Unusual structural transition of antimicrobial VP1 peptide

(2011) Ganesh Shanmugam et al.   BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Antimicrobial Protegrin-1 Forms Amyloid-Like Fibrils with Rapid Kinetics Suggesting a Functional Link

(2011) Hyunbum Jang et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A deadly spread: cellular mechanisms of α-synuclein transfer

(2011) J A Steiner et al.   CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION

Insights into the mechanisms of action of host defence peptides from biophysical and structural investigations

(2011) Burkhard Bechinger   JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE

Alzheimer's disease

(2011) Clive Ballard et al.   LANCET

Protein aggregate spreading in neurodegenerative diseases: Problems and perspectives

(2011) Seung-Jae Lee et al.   NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH

Amyloidogenic Protein-Membrane Interactions: Mechanistic Insight from Model Systems

(2010) Sara M. Butterfield et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Eosinophil Cationic Protein Aggregation: Identification of an N-Terminus Amyloid Prone Region

(2010) Marc Torrent et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Antimicrobial Treatment of Acute Bacterial Meningitis

(2010) M. C. Brouwer et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Conformational Diseases: Structural Studies of Aggregation of Polyglutamine Proteins

(2010) Elena Papaleo et al.   Current Computer-Aided Drug Design

Lipid Membranes and β-Amyloid: A Harmful Connection

(2010) G.P. Eckert et al.   CURRENT PROTEIN & PEPTIDE SCIENCE

Amyloid oligomers: formation and toxicity of Aβ oligomers

(2010) Masafumi Sakono et al.   FEBS Journal

Aberrant protein structure and diseases of the brain

(2010) A. T. Welzel et al.   IRISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE

Deposition of lactoferrin in fibrillar-type senile plaques in the brains of transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer's disease

(2010) Ligang Wang et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Alzheimer's Disease

(2010) Henry W. Querfurth et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

The Alzheimer's Disease-Associated Amyloid β-Protein Is an Antimicrobial Peptide

(2010) Stephanie J. Soscia et al.   PLoS One

Biology of Amyloid: Structure, Function, and Regulation

(2010) Jason Greenwald et al.   STRUCTURE

Polyglutamine Diseases: Where does Toxicity Come from? What is Toxicity? Where are We Going?

(2010) T. Takahashi et al.   Journal of Molecular Cell Biology

Binding of amphipathic α-helical antimicrobial peptides to lipid membranes: Lessons from temporins B and L

(2009) Ajay K. Mahalka et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

What Is This Thing Called “Amyloidosis”?

(2009) Kaoru Araki-Sasaki et al.   CORNEA

Anionic Antimicrobial Peptides from Eukaryotic Organisms

(2009) Frederick Harris et al.   CURRENT PROTEIN & PEPTIDE SCIENCE

Tauopathies with parkinsonism: clinical spectrum, neuropathologic basis, biological markers, and treatment options

(2009) A. C. Ludolph et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY

An orphan dermaseptin from frog skin reversibly assembles to amyloid-like aggregates in a pH-dependent fashion

(2009) Ruth Gößler-Schöfberger et al.   FEBS Journal

Effect of Tarenflurbil on Cognitive Decline and Activities of Daily Living in Patients With Mild Alzheimer DiseaseA Randomized Controlled Trial

(2009) Robert C. Green   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Antimicrobial Activity of Human Prion Protein Is Mediated by Its N-Terminal Region

(2009) Mukesh Pasupuleti et al.   PLoS One

Small molecule blockers of the Alzheimer A  calcium channel potently protect neurons from A  cytotoxicity

(2009) J. C. Diaz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Binding of LL-37 to model biomembranes: Insight into target vs host cell recognition

(2008) Rohit Sood et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

The dermaseptin superfamily: A gene-based combinatorial library of antimicrobial peptides

(2008) Pierre Nicolas et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Models of Toxic β-Sheet Channels of Protegrin-1 Suggest a Common Subunit Organization Motif Shared with Toxic Alzheimer β-Amyloid Ion Channels

(2008) Hyunbum Jang et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Structural requirements for antimicrobial versus chemoattractant activities for dermaseptin S9

(2008) Constance Auvynet et al.   FEBS Journal

Amyloid-β Membrane Binding and Permeabilization are Distinct Processes Influenced Separately by Membrane Charge and Fluidity

(2008) Pamela T. Wong et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY