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Rational design of a conformation-specific antibody for the quantification of A beta oligomers

Aprile, FA; Sormanni, P; Podpolny, M; Chhangur, S; Needham, L-M; Ruggeri, FS; Perni, M; ... Vendruscolo, M; + view all (2020) Rational design of a conformation-specific antibody for the quantification of A beta oligomers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 117 (24) pp. 13509-13518. 10.1073/pnas.1919464117. Green open access

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Abstract

The accurate quantification of the amounts of small oligomeric assemblies formed by the amyloid β (Aβ) peptide represents a major challenge in the Alzheimer’s field. There is therefore great interest in the development of methods to specifically detect these oligomers by distinguishing them from larger aggregates. The availability of these methods will enable the development of effective diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for this and other diseases related to protein misfolding and aggregation. We describe here a single-domain antibody able to selectively quantify oligomers of the Aβ peptide in isolation and in complex protein mixtures from animal models of disease.

Type: Article
Title: Rational design of a conformation-specific antibody for the quantification of A beta oligomers
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1919464117
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1919464117
Language: English
Additional information: This open access article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercialNoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND).
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid, protein aggregation, protein design
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Cell and Developmental Biology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10106995
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