Search Results - "Lee, Jennifer C."
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Cysteine cathepsins are essential in lysosomal degradation of α-synuclein
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (28-07-2015)“…A cellular feature of Parkinson’s disease is cytosolic accumulation and amyloid formation of α-synuclein (α-syn), implicating a misregulation or impairment of…”
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pH-Dependent fibril maturation of a Pmel17 repeat domain isoform revealed by tryptophan fluorescence
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta. Proteins and proteomics (01-10-2019)“…The pre-melanosomal protein (Pmel17) aggregates within melanosomes to form functional amyloid fibrils that facilitate melanin polymerization. The repeat domain…”
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Why Study Functional Amyloids? Lessons from the Repeat Domain of Pmel17
Published in Journal of molecular biology (12-10-2018)“…One of the current challenges facing biomedical researchers is the need to develop new approaches in preventing amyloid formation that is associated with…”
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Lipid-Chaperone Hypothesis: A Common Molecular Mechanism of Membrane Disruption by Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
Published in ACS chemical neuroscience (16-12-2020)“…An increasing number of human diseases has been shown to be linked to aggregation and amyloid formation by intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). Amylin,…”
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In situ differentiation of iridophore crystallotypes underlies zebrafish stripe patterning
Published in Nature communications (15-12-2020)“…Skin color patterns are ubiquitous in nature, impact social behavior, predator avoidance, and protection from ultraviolet irradiation. A leading model system…”
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Depth of α-Synuclein in a Bilayer Determined by Fluorescence, Neutron Reflectometry, and Computation
Published in Biophysical journal (08-02-2012)“…α-Synuclein (α-syn) membrane interactions are implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Fluorescence and neutron reflectometry (NR) measurements…”
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Effects of pH on aggregation kinetics of the repeat domain of a functional amyloid, Pmel17
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (14-12-2010)“…Pmel17 is a functional amyloidogenic protein whose fibrils act as scaffolds for pigment deposition in human skin and eyes. We have used the repeat domain (RPT,…”
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Author Correction: In situ differentiation of iridophore crystallotypes underlies zebrafish stripe patterning
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Comparative Safety of Antidepressant Agents for Children and Adolescents Regarding Suicidal Acts
Published in Pediatrics (Evanston) (01-05-2010)“…The objective of this study was to assess the risk of suicide attempts and suicides after initiation of antidepressant medication use by children and…”
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Mechanism of Assembly of the Non-Covalent Spectrin Tetramerization Domain from Intrinsically Disordered Partners
Published in Journal of molecular biology (09-01-2014)“…Interdomain interactions of spectrin are critical for maintenance of the erythrocyte cytoskeleton. In particular, “head-to-head” dimerization occurs when the…”
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Income Inequality in College Enrollment and Degree Attainment During and After the Great Recession Years
Published in Socius : sociological research for a dynamic world (01-08-2022)“…Prior research using the Current Population Surveys (CPS) documents a dramatic equalization in U.S. college enrollments based on family income starting in…”
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Emerging insights into the mechanistic link between α-synuclein and glucocerebrosidase in Parkinson's disease
Published in Biochemical Society transactions (01-12-2013)“…Mutations in the GBA1 gene, encoding the enzyme glucocerebrosidase, cause the lysosomal storage disorder GD (Gaucher's disease), and are associated with the…”
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Racialized Assimilation of Asian Americans
Published in Annual review of sociology (30-07-2016)“…Because of the generally high socioeconomic attainments and high intermarriage rates of Asian Americans, it has been suggested that Asian Americans are…”
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When Work Matters: The Varying Impact of Work Intensity on High School Dropout
Published in Sociology of education (01-04-2007)“…While the association between teenagers' work and academic performance continues to be debated in studies of adolescent employment, many researchers have found…”
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Dissociation of glucocerebrosidase dimer in solution by its co-factor, saposin C
Published in Biochemical and biophysical research communications (20-02-2015)“…Mutations in the gene for the lysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidase (GCase) cause Gaucher disease and are the most common risk factor for Parkinson disease (PD)…”
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Structural Insights into α-Synuclein Fibril Polymorphism: Effects of Parkinson's Disease-Related C-Terminal Truncations
Published in Journal of molecular biology (06-09-2019)“…Lewy bodies, hallmarks of Parkinson's disease, contain C-terminally truncated (ΔC) α-synuclein (α-syn). Here, we report fibril structures of three N-terminally…”
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Unroofing site-specific α-synuclein–lipid interactions at the plasma membrane
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (11-08-2020)“…Parkinson’s disease is associated with α-synuclein (α-syn), a cytosolic protein enriched in presynaptic terminals. The biological function of α-syn remains…”
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Water bend–libration as a cellular Raman imaging probe of hydration
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (17-10-2023)“…Water is a ubiquitous and vital component of living systems. Hydration, which is the interaction between water and intracellular biomolecules, plays an…”
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Alpha-Synuclein Lipid-Dependent Membrane Binding and Translocation through the α-Hemolysin Channel
Published in Biophysical journal (04-02-2014)“…Gauging the interactions of a natively unfolded Parkinson disease-related protein, alpha-synuclein (α-syn) with membranes and its pathways between and within…”
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Pilot study of Doppler optical coherence tomography of retinal blood flow following laser photocoagulation in poorly controlled diabetic patients
Published in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (09-09-2013)“…To investigate the effect of panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) on retinal blood flow and shear rate using Doppler Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography…”
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