Hsp70 and Its Molecular Role in Nervous System Diseases by Giuseppina Turturici, Gabriella Sconzo, Fabiana Geraci

“…Hsp70 functions as a chaperone and protects neurons from protein aggregation and toxicity (Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease, polyglutamine diseases, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), protects cells from apoptosis (Parkinson disease), is a stress marker (temporal lobe epilepsy), protects cells from inflammation (cerebral ischemic injury), has an adjuvant role in antigen presentation and is involved in the immune response in autoimmune disease (multiple sclerosis). …”
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Effect of UHT Thermal Treatment on the Secondary Structures of Milk Proteins: Insights From FTIR Analysis and Potential Allergenic Activity by Sergio-Miguel Acuña-Nelson, Leslie-Patricia Henríquez-González, Vieroska-Belén Sepúlveda-Villagra, Mauricio Opazo-Navarrete, Samuel Durán-Agüero, Julio-Enrique Parra-Flores

“…The results suggest that thermal treatments may promote protein aggregation by increasing β turns and reducing β sheets and α helices, which could enhance the allergenic potential of the proteins and facilitate the formation of complexes between different milk proteins, such as β-lactoglobulin and κ-casein. …”
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Progress in Therapy Development for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Kalina Venkova-Hristova, Alexandar Christov, Zarine Kamaluddin, Peter Kobalka, Kenneth Hensley

“…These neuroinflammatory processes produce paracrine factors that detrimentally affect motor neurons, precipitating protein aggregation and compromising cytoskeletal integrity. …”
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Mechanisms of ubiquitin-independent proteasomal degradation and their roles in age-related neurodegenerative disease by Taylor R. Church, Seth S. Margolis, Seth S. Margolis

“…These pathways are further discussed in the context of aging, oxidative stress, protein aggregation, and age-associated neurodegenerative diseases, with a special focus on Alzheimer’s Disease, Huntington’s Disease, and Parkinson’s Disease. …”
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Analyzing the potential of neuronal pentraxin 2 as a biomarker in neurological disorders: A literature review by Ubaid Ansari, Jimmy Wen, Burhaan Syed, Dawnica Nadora, Romteen Sedighi, Denise Nadora, Vincent Chen, Forshing Lui

“…This literature review extensively analyzes NP2's role in these conditions, thereby highlighting its contributions to synaptic dysfunction, neuroinflammation, and neurotoxic protein aggregation. In Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, NP2 is linked to amyloid-beta aggregation and dopaminergic neuron degeneration, respectively. …”
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Thioflavin-T: application as a neuronal body and nucleolar stain and the blue light photo enhancement effect by Jin-Hong Min, Heela Sarlus, Sho Oasa, Robert A. Harris

“…Abstract Thioflavin-T (THT) is a common and indispensable tool for the study of amyloid pathologies and protein aggregation, both in vitro and for histological samples. …”
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Brain network and energy imbalance in Parkinson’s disease: linking ATP reduction and α-synuclein pathology by Hirohisa Watanabe, Sayuri Shima, Kazuya Kawabata, Yasuaki Mizutani, Akihiro Ueda, Akihiro Ueda, Mizuki Ito, Mizuki Ito

“…This model emphasizes how ATP deficits drive pathological protein aggregation, impaired autophagy, and the degeneration of key brain networks, contributing to both motor and non-motor symptoms.…”
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Enhancing proteasome activity by NMDAR antagonists explains their therapeutic effect in neurodegenerative and mental diseases by Fikret Sahin, Aslihan Gunel, Buse Turegun Atasoy, Ulku Guler, Bekir Salih, Isinsu Kuzu, Mehmet Taspinar, Ozgur Cinar, Selda Kahveci

“…Via the ubiquitin-independent 20S proteasome pathway (UIPS), these drugs maintain cellular protein homeostasis, which is crucial as proteasome activity declines with age, leading to protein aggregation and disease symptoms. Therefore, these findings hold promise for new treatment options not only for brain diseases but also for other systemic conditions associated with unfolded or misfolded proteins.…”
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Structural Changes in Rice Bran Protein upon Different Extrusion Temperatures: A Raman Spectroscopy Study by Linyi Zhou, Yong Yang, Haibin Ren, Yan Zhao, Zhongjiang Wang, Fei Wu, Zhigang Xiao

“…Meanwhile the content of unordered structure increased up to 140°C and then decreased at 160°C, while the trend of α-helix and β-sheet content was opposite, which was contributed to the composite effect of formation of some more protein aggregation and protein denaturation. Extrusion generally induced a significant decrease in Trp band near 760 cm−1 but an increase at 160°C. …”
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Neuroprotective Effects of Myrtle Berry By-Product Extracts on 6-OHDA-Induced Cytotoxicity in PC12 Cells by Debora Dessì, Giacomo Fais, Paolo Follesa, Giorgia Sarais

“…With increasing life expectancy, the incidence of neurodegenerative diseases—characterized by complex, multifactorial mechanisms such as abnormal protein aggregation, mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, and inflammation—continues to grow. …”
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An Adverse Outcome Pathway Linking Organohalogen Exposure to Mitochondrial Disease by Brooke McMinn, Alicia L. Duval, Christie M. Sayes

“…Pathway 1 details the downstream consequences of oxidative stress, which include mitochondrial DNA damage, protein aggregation, and depolarization of the mitochondrial membrane. …”
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Effects of central administration of the human Tau proteinon the <i>Bdnf, Trkb, p75, Mapt, Bax</i> and <i>Bcl-2</i> genes expression in the mouse brain by A. S. Oreshko, A. Ya. Rodnyy, D. V. Bazovkina, V. S. Naumenko

“…., a notable decrease in the mRNA level of the gene encoding the most important neurotrophic factor BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor) was observed in the frontal cortex which could play an important role in neurodegeneration caused by pathological Tau protein aggregation. Central administration of the Tau protein did not affect the expression of the Ntrk2, Ngfr, Mapt, Bax and Bcl-2 genes in the frontal cortex and hippocampus. …”
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Effects of Different Heat Treatments on the Structure and Physicochemical Properties of Proteins from Skimmed Camel’s Milk by WANG Tao, WANG Danlin, HE Jing, JI Rimutu

“…Observations by laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) showed that the heat treatment caused protein aggregation, and T3 and T4 resulted in the production of large protein polymers. …”
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Effect of Ultrasonic Treatment on the in Vitro Digestibility Properties of Black Bean Protein by Rong'an CAO, Xuemin ZHANG, Jingjing DIAO, Yunhua CHEN, Meiqi LI, Jiamiao ZHANG, Changyuan WANG

“…The black bean protein aggregation was formed during the sonication at 300 W for 12, 18, and 24 min with the decreasing solubility and digestibility. …”
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Role of exercise on ncRNAs and exosomal ncRNAs in preventing neurodegenerative diseases: a narrative review by Shangwu Liu, Runhong Zhang, Jamal Hallajzadeh

“…It is hypothesized that exercise-induced changes in ncRNA expression may regulate key processes involved in neuroprotection, including neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, protein aggregation, and synaptic function. Exercise has shown promise in preventing neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), and ncRNAs and exosomal ncRNAs are emerging as potential mediators of these benefits. …”
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YAT2150 is irresistible in Plasmodium falciparum and active against Plasmodium vivax and Leishmania clinical isolates by Inés Bouzón-Arnáiz, Mukul Rawat, Rachael Coyle, Lionel Brice Feufack-Donfack, Malen Ea, Agnes Orban, Jean Popovici, Lucía Román-Álamo, Antonino Nicolò Fallica, Bárbara Domínguez-Asenjo, Javier Moreno, Elsa M. Arce, Ana Mallo-Abreu, Diego Muñoz-Torrero, Marcus C. S. Lee, Xavier Fernàndez-Busquets

“…Abstract We recently characterized the potent antiplasmodial activity of the aggregated protein dye YAT2150, whose presumed mode of action is the inhibition of protein aggregation in the malaria parasite. Using single-dose and ramping methods, assays were done to select Plasmodium falciparum parasites resistant to YAT2150 concentrations ranging from 3× to 0.25× the in vitro IC50 of the compound (in the two-digit nM range) and performed a cross-resistance assessment in P. falciparum lines harboring mutations that make them resistant to a variety of antimalarial drugs. …”
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TDP-43 nuclear retention is antagonized by hypo-phosphorylation of its C-terminus in the cytoplasm by Célia Rabhi, Nicolas Babault, Céline Martin, Bénédicte Desforges, Alexandre Maucuer, Vandana Joshi, Serhii Pankivskyi, Yitian Feng, Guillaume Bollot, Revital Rattenbach, David Pastré, Ahmed Bouhss

“…Abstract Protein aggregation is a hallmark of many neurodegenerative disorders, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), in which TDP-43, a nuclear RNA-binding protein, forms cytoplasmic inclusions. …”
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Identification of the Highly Polymorphic Prion Protein Gene (<i>PRNP</i>) in Frogs <i>(Rana dybowskii</i>) by Chang-Su Han, Sae-Young Won, Sang-Hun Park, Yong-Chan Kim

“…To evaluate the impact of the SNPs on protein aggregation propensity and 3D structure, we utilized AMYCO and ColabFold. …”
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Metabolomics and gene expression levels reveal the positive effects of teaseed oil on lifespan and aging process in Caenorhabditis elegans by Yanan Wang, Jiachen Shi, Kun Liu, Yu Wang, Yongjiang Xu, Yuanfa Liu

“…Compared to the control group, the intake of lard oil (LO) and TO increased the expression levels of genes related to inhibition of protein aggregation (akt-1, daf-16, hsf-1, hsp-16.2) and lipid metabolism (daf-7, daf-1, mdt-15, lipl-4, fat-5, fat-6, fat-7), with a more significant alteration in TO group. …”
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Novel Role of Pin1-Cis P-Tau-ApoE Axis in the Pathogenesis of Preeclampsia and Its Connection with Dementia by Emmanuel Amabebe, Zheping Huang, Sukanta Jash, Balaji Krishnan, Shibin Cheng, Akitoshi Nakashima, Yitong Li, Zhixong Li, Ruizhi Wang, Ramkumar Menon, Xiao Zhen Zhou, Kun Ping Lu, Surendra Sharma

“…We also highlighted the novel role of the Pin1-cis P-tau-ApoE axis in the development of preE, and propagation of cis P-tau-mediated abnormal protein aggregation (tauopathy) from the placenta to cerebral tissues later in life, leading to neurodegenerative conditions. …”
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