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Francesco Aprile

Senior Research Fellow

Publications

Methods of probing the interactions between small molecules and disordered proteins.
GT Heller, FA Aprile, M Vendruscolo
– Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS
(2017)
74,
3225
(doi: 10.1007/s00018-017-2563-4)
The molecular chaperones DNAJB6 and Hsp70 cooperate to suppress α-synuclein aggregation.
F aprile, E Källstig, G Limorenko, Vendruscolo, D Ron, C hansen
– Sci Rep
(2017)
7,
9039
(doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-08324-z)
Selective targeting of primary and secondary nucleation pathways in Ab42 aggregation using a rational antibody scanning method
FA Aprile, P Sormanni, M Perni, P Arosio, S Linse, TPJ Knowles, CM Dobson, M Vendruscolo
– Science advances
(2017)
3,
e1700488
(doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1700488)
Identification of an RNA Polymerase III Regulator Linked to Disease-Associated Protein Aggregation.
O Sin, T de Jong, A Mata-Cabana, M Kudron, MA Zaini, FA Aprile, RI Seinstra, E Stroo, RW Prins, CN Martineau, HH Wang, W Hogewerf, A Steinhof, EE Wanker, M Vendruscolo, CF Calkhoven, V Reinke, V Guryev, EAA Nollen
– Molecular Cell
(2017)
65,
1096
(doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.02.022)
Inhibition of α‑Synuclein Fibril Elongation by Hsp70 Is Governed by a Kinetic Binding Competition between α‑Synuclein Species
FA Aprile, P Arosio, G Fusco, SW Chen, JR Kumita, A Dhulesia, P Tortora, TPJ Knowles, M Vendruscolo, CM Dobson, N Cremades
– Biochemistry
(2017)
56,
1177
(doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b01178)
A natural product inhibits the initiation of α-synuclein aggregation and suppresses its toxicity (vol 114, pg E1009, 2017)
M Perni, C Galvagnion, A Maltsev, G Meisl, MBD Mueller, PK Challa, JB Kirkegaard, P Flagmeier, SIA Cohen, R Cascella, SW Chen, R Limboker, P Sormanni, GT Heller, FA Aprile, N Cremades, C Cecchi, F Chiti, EAA Nollen, TPJ Knowles, M Vendruscolo, A Bax, M Zasloff, CM Dobson
– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(2017)
114,
e2543
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.1701964114)
A natural product inhibits the initiation of α-synuclein aggregation & suppresses its toxicity
M Perni, C Galvagnion, A Maltsev, G Meisl, MBD Müller, PK Challa, JB Kirkegaard, P Flagmeier, SIA Cohen, R Cascella, SW Chen, R Limboker, P Sormanni, GT Heller, FA Aprile, N Cremades, C Cecchi, F Chiti, EAA Nollen, TPJ Knowles, M Vendruscolo, A Bax, M Zasloff, CM Dobson
– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
(2017)
114,
E1009
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.1610586114)
Structure of a low-population binding intermediate in protein-RNA recognition
AN Borkar, MF Bardaro, C Camilloni, FA Aprile, G Varani, M Vendruscolo
– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(2016)
113,
7171
(doi: 10.1073/pnas.1521349113)
Microfluidic Diffusion Viscometer for Rapid Analysis of Complex Solutions
P Arosio, K Hu, FA Aprile, T Müller, TPJ Knowles
– Analytical Chemistry
(2016)
88,
3488
(doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b02930)
Microfluidic diffusion analysis of the sizes and interactions of proteins under native solution conditions
P Arosio, T Müller, L Rajah, EV Yates, FA Aprile, Y Zhang, SIA Cohen, DA White, TW Herling, EJ De Genst, S Linse, M Vendruscolo, CM Dobson, TPJ Knowles
– ACS nano
(2015)
10,
333
(doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5b04713)
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