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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2017

The Amyloid Phenomenon and Its Links with Human Disease.

Christopher M Dobson

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 150 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Identification of an on-pathway intermediate illuminates the kinetic competition between protein folding and misfolding.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  17. Liquid-liquid phase separation of α-synuclein is highly sensitive to sequence complexity.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christopher M DobsonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.
University of Cambridge · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability of normally soluble proteins to convert into amyloid fibrils is now recognized to be a generic phenomenon. The overall cross-β architecture of the core elements of such structures is closely similar for different amino acid sequences, as this architecture is dominated by interactions associated with the common polypeptide main chain. In contrast, the multiplicity of complex and intricate structures of the functional states of proteins is dictated by specific interactions involving the variable side chains, the sequence of which is unique to a given protein. Nevertheless, the side chains dictate important aspects of the amyloid structure, including the regions of the sequence that form the core elements of the fibrils and the kinetics and mechanism of the conversion process. The formation of the amyloid state of proteins is of particular importance in the context of a range of medical disorders that include Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and type 2 diabetes. These disorders are becoming increasingly common in the modern world, primarily as a consequence of increasing life spans and changing lifestyles, and now affect some 500 million people worldwide. This review describes recent progress in our understanding of the molecular origins of these conditions and discusses emerging ideas for new and rational therapeutic strategies by which to combat their onset and progression.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmino AcidsAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloidogenic ProteinsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Disease ProgressionHomeostasisHumansKineticsMicroscopy, Atomic ForceMolecular ChaperonesMutationParkinson DiseasePeptidesProtein BindingProtein DenaturationAmino AcidsAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloidogenic ProteinsMolecular ChaperonesPeptides

Identifiers

PMID28062560
PMCPMC5453392
OpenAlexW2569905855

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