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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2020

The Amyloid Phenomenon and Its Significance in Biology and Medicine.

Christopher M Dobson, Tuomas P J Knowles, Michele Vendruscolo

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

73 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Christopher M DobsonCentre for Misfolding Diseases, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.
Tuomas P J KnowlesCentre for Misfolding Diseases, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.
Michele VendruscoloCentre for Misfolding Diseases, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The misfolding of proteins is now recognized to be the origin of a large number of medical disorders. One particularly important group of such disorders is associated with the aggregation of misfolded proteins into amyloid structures, and includes conditions ranging from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases to type II diabetes. Such conditions already affect over 500 million people in the world, a number that is rising rapidly, and at present these disorders cannot be effectively treated or prevented. This review provides an overview of this field of science and discusses recent progress in understanding the nature and properties of the amyloid state, the kinetics and mechanism governing its formation, the origins of its links with disease, and the manner in which its formation may be inhibited or suppressed. This latter topic is of particular importance, both to enhance our knowledge of the maintenance of protein homeostasis in living organisms and also to address the development of therapeutic strategies through which to combat the loss of homeostasis and the associated onset and progression of disease.

Indexed as

Protein Aggregation, PathologicalAmyloidAmyloidosisHumansKineticsProteostasisAmyloid

Identifiers

PMID30936117
PMCPMC6996456

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