ReviewQRB discovery2025
Reduced protein solubility - cause or consequence in amyloid disease?
Review in QRB discovery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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1 citing paper in PubMed.
- The temperature dependence of amyloidProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
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Abstract
In this perspective, we ask the question whether the apparently lower solubility of specific proteins in amyloid disease is a cause or consequence of the protein deposition seen in such diseases. We focus on Alzheimer's disease and start by reviewing the experimental evidence of disease-associated reduction in the measured concentration of amyloid β peptide, Aβ42, in cerebrospinal fluid. We propose a series of possible physicochemical explanations for these observations. These include a reduced solubility, a reduced apparent solubility, as well as a long-lived metastable state manifested in healthy individuals as a free concentration of Aβ42 in the solution phase above the solubility limit. For each scenario, we discuss whether it is most likely a cause or a consequence of the observed protein deposition in the disease.
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