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ReviewThe protein journal2019

Structure and Function of Alzheimer's Amyloid βeta Proteins from Monomer to Fibrils: A Mini Review.

Nikhil Agrawal, Adam A Skelton

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Review in The protein journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Phosphate- and pH-dependent self-assembly of recombinant spider silk proteins.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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  6. A coarse-grained molecular dynamics investigation on spontaneous binding of AβComputational and structural biotechnology journal · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Nikhil AgrawalCollege of Health Sciences, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, Durban, 4000, South Africa. nikhil.08oct@gmail.com.
Adam A SkeltonCollege of Health Sciences, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, Durban, 4000, South Africa. dradamskelton@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, that affects millions of people worldwide. According to the widely accepted amyloid cascade hypothesis, misfolding and aggregation of Aβ peptides is the principal cause of Alzheimer's disease. In the present mini-review, we have discussed the different structures of Aβ protein from monomer to fibrils and their arrangement in different symmetries. We have highlighted the critical amino acid residue that plays a crucial role in the early stage misfolding of Aβ monomers, Aβ fibrils arrangement in different symmetries, the elongation process and Aβ protein interaction with the membrane. We have further discussed the antibodies that are currently in clinical trial phase III for Alzheimer's disease.

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AmyloidAmyloid beta-PeptidesPeptide FragmentsAlzheimer DiseaseAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedClinical Trials as TopicHumansTaurineAmyloidAmyloid beta-Peptidesamyloid beta-protein (1-40)amyloid beta-protein (1-42)Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedbapineuzumabPeptide FragmentssolanezumabTaurinetramiprosateAlzheimer’s diseaseAmyloid βeta peptideBapineuzumabSolanezumabTramiprosate

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