Reporters of amyloid structural polymorphism

• Misfolding of proteins induced by environmental conditions or by the presence of destabilizing mutations often triggers squestration (aggresome formation) or cellular removal (unfolded protein response (UPR), autophagy) intracellular responses. Extracellular aggregates are phagocytosed or endocytosed by macrophages in the periphery and microglia and astrocytes in the brain and central nervous system. In some cases a highly stable altemative assembly structure, an amyloid fibril, is formed that is highly resistant to degadation and thus accumulates.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi -- Biokemi och molekylärbiologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Misfolding

Proteins

Amyloid fibrils

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