pH-induced molecular shedding drives the formation of amyloid fibril-derived oligomers

KW Tipping, TK Karamanos, T Jakhria… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Amyloid disorders cause debilitating illnesses through the formation of toxic protein aggregates.
The mechanisms of amyloid toxicity and the nature of species responsible for mediating …

Amyloid fibres: inert end-stage aggregates or key players in disease?

KW Tipping, P van Oosten-Hawle, EW Hewitt… - Trends in biochemical …, 2015 - cell.com
The formation of amyloid fibres is a hallmark of amyloid disorders. Nevertheless, the lack of
correlation between fibre load and disease as observed, for example, in Alzheimer's disease, …

[HTML][HTML] RAS-inhibiting biologics identify and probe druggable pockets including an SII-α3 allosteric site

…, SE Saunders, B Petersen, C Tiede, K Tipping… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
RAS mutations are the most common oncogenic drivers across human cancers, but there
remains a paucity of clinically-validated pharmacological inhibitors of RAS, as druggable …

[HTML][HTML] β2-Microglobulin Amyloid Fibril-Induced Membrane Disruption Is Enhanced by Endosomal Lipids and Acidic pH

SC Goodchild, T Sheynis, R Thompson, KW Tipping… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Although the molecular mechanisms underlying the pathology of amyloidoses are not well
understood, the interaction between amyloid proteins and cell membranes is thought to play a …

[HTML][HTML] β2-microglobulin amyloid fibrils are nanoparticles that disrupt lysosomal membrane protein trafficking and inhibit protein degradation by lysosomes

…, MY Porter, MP Jackson, KW Tipping… - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
Fragmentation of amyloid fibrils produces fibrils that are reduced in length but have an
otherwise unchanged molecular architecture. The resultant nanoscale fibril particles inhibit the …

[PDF][PDF] Aggregation modulators interfere with membrane interactions of β2-microglobulin fibrils

…, A Friediger, WF Xue, AL Hellewell, KW Tipping… - Biophysical journal, 2013 - cell.com
Amyloid fibril accumulation is a pathological hallmark of several devastating disorders,
including Alzheimer's disease, prion diseases, type II diabetes, and others. Although the …

Mechanisms of amyloid fibril-mediated toxicity

KW Tipping - 2014 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
Amyloid diseases are a group of protein misfolding disorders characterised by the formation
of highly ordered filamentous assemblies known as amyloid fibrils. Soluble aggregation …

Abstract B24: Development of small-molecule RAS inhibitors using Affimer reagents

K Haza, H Martin, C Tiede, K Tipping, C Trinh… - Molecular Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Ras proteins are small GTPases that are mutationally activated in around 30% of all human
cancers. Oncogenic mutations in Ras trigger uncontrolled cellular differentiation and division …

Tipping the scales: effects of gender, rape myth acceptance, and anti-fat attitudes on judgments of sexual coercion scenarios

AM Zidenberg, B Sparks, L Harkins… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
A damaging belief exists that to become a victim of sexual violence, victims must be deemed
sexually desirable. As a result, sexual violations where the victims are individuals whom …

Efficacy of Bezlotoxumab in Participants Receiving Metronidazole, Vancomycin, or Fidaxomicin for Treatment of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile Infection

…, G Rahav, A Mosley, R Tipping… - Open Forum …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background In phase 3 MODIFY I/II trials, bezlotoxumab significantly reduced recurrence of
Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection (rCDI) over 12 weeks. Choice of CDI …