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- Oligomers -


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Observations:

Oligomers

See also Amyloid Beta, Green Tea (EGCG), Pyroglu

[If this is so, then clearing the AB plaques probably won’t be effective.  (update Curcumin, Vitamin D, Oligomer pages. )]

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Known sources:


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Natural sources:


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References:

More Evidence that Clusters of Proteins May Drive Disease
By Jim Schnabel
December 06, 2010
...The amyloid-beta (A-beta) protein in Alzheimer’s, and alpha-synuclein protein in Parkinson’s disease, are already known to form oligomers that can harm neurons in lab tests... Glabe, Arancio, and others believe that disease-linked oligomers such as tau and A-beta are toxic because of an abnormal type of “beta sheet” shape they all share...
http://www.dana.org/news/features/detail.aspx?id=29486

Small Molecule May Play Big Role in Alzheimer's Disease
ScienceDaily (July 9, 2012)
…For decades, it was believed that fibrils were a toxic species, but increasingly researchers are looking at small, soluble precursor forms of the fibrils, known as oligomers…
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120709172444.htm
http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/news/feature-stories/2012/alzheimers-disease



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