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Protein misfolding in neurodegenerative diseases: Implications and strategies

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Sweeney, Patrick, Park, Hyunsun, Baumann, Marc, Dunlop, John, Frydman, Judith, Kopito, Ron, McCampbell, Alexander, Leblanc, Gabrielle +3 more·2017·Translational Neurodegeneration

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A hallmark of neurodegenerative proteinopathies is the formation of misfolded protein aggregates that cause cellular toxicity and contribute to cellular proteostatic collapse. Therapeutic options are currently being explored that target different steps in the production and processing of proteins implicated in neurodegenerative disease, including synthesis, chaperone-assisted folding and trafficking, and degradation via the proteasome and autophagy pathways. Other therapies, like mTOR inhibitors and activators of the heat shock response, can rebalance the entire proteostatic network. However, there are major challenges that impact the development of novel therapies, including incomplete knowledge of druggable disease targets and their mechanism of action as well as a lack of biomarkers to monitor disease progression and therapeutic response. A notable development is the creation of collaborative ecosystems that include patients, clinicians, basic and translational researchers, foundations and regulatory agencies to promote scientific rigor and clinical data to accelerate the development of therapies that prevent, reverse or delay the progression of neurodegenerative proteinopathies.

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  • Neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by a series of aberrant protein folding events, which cause the formation of amorphous aggregates or amyloid fibrils.

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Sweeney, P., Park, H., Baumann, M., Dunlop, J., Frydman, J., Kopito, R., McCampbell, A., Leblanc, G., Venkateswaran, A., Nurmi, A., & Hodgson, R.
Affiliations
  • University of London (GB)
  • University of Helsinki (FI)
  • AstraZeneca (United States) (US)
  • Stanford University (US)
  • Biogen (United States) (US)
  • Charles River Laboratories (United States) (US)
Corresponding author
Sweeney, Patrick
Venue
Translational Neurodegeneration
Published
2017-03-13
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
6-6
ISSN
2047-9158 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2595891670
Cited by
675
References
130
Citations by year
2026: 62 · 2025: 110 · 2024: 73 · 2023: 78 · 2022: 69 · 2021: 76 · 2020: 84 · 2019: 60 · 2018: 46 · 2017: 17
FWCI
5.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Translational Neurodegeneration (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RVC Research Online (Royal Veterinary College) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Biogen
  • Helsingin Yliopisto
  • Royal Veterinary College
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Heat shock proteins research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
Keywords
protein misfolding, neurodegenerative diseases, proteinopathies, protein aggregates, proteostasis, chaperone-assisted folding, proteasome, autophagy, mTOR inhibitors, heat shock response, disease biomarkers, drug development

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