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Najarzadeh, Z., Zaman, M., Sereikaite, V., Strømgaard, K., Andreasen, M. & Otzen, D. E. (2021). Heparin promotes fibrillation of most phenol-soluble modulin virulence peptides from Staphylococcus aureus. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 297(2), 100953. Article 100953. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100953

Andersen, C. B., Yoshimura, Y., Nielsen, J., Otzen, D. E. & Mulder, F. A. A. (2021). How epigallocatechin gallate binds and assembles oligomeric forms of human alpha-synuclein. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 296, Article 100788. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100788

Najarzadeh, Z., Nielsen, J., Farzadfard, A., Sereikaite, V., Strømgaard, K., Meyer, R. L. & Otzen, D. E. (2021). Human Fibrinogen Inhibits Amyloid Assembly of Most Phenol-Soluble Modulins from Staphylococcus aureus. ACS Omega, 6(34), 21960-21970. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c02333

Christensen, L. F. B., Alijanvand, S. H., Burdukiewicz, M., Herbst, F.-A., Kjeldal, H., Dueholm, M. S. & Otzen, D. E. (2021). Identification of amyloidogenic proteins in the microbiomes of a rat Parkinson's disease model and wild-type rats. Protein Science, 30(9), 1854-1870. https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.4137

Milanetti, E., Miotto, M., Di Rienzo, L., Nagaraj, M., Monti, M., Golbek, T. W., Gosti, G., Roeters, S. J., Weidner, T., Otzen, D. E. & Ruocco, G. (2021). In-Silico Evidence for a Two Receptor Based Strategy of SARS-CoV-2. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 8, Article 690655. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2021.690655

Otzen, D. E., Dueholm, M. S., Najarzadeh, Z., Knowles, T. P. J. & Ruggeri, F. S. (2021). In situ Sub-Cellular Identification of Functional Amyloids in Bacteria and Archaea by Infrared Nanospectroscopy. Small Methods, 5(6), Article 2001002. https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202001002

Andersen, C., Grønnemose, A. L., Pedersen, J. N., Nowak, J. S., Christiansen, G., Nielsen, J., Mulder, F. A. A., Otzen, D. E. & Jørgensen, T. J. D. (2021). Lipid Peroxidation Products HNE and ONE Promote and Stabilize Alpha-Synuclein Oligomers by Chemical Modifications. Biochemistry, 60(47), 3644-3658. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00478

Schmüser, L., Trefz, M., Roeters, S. J., Beckner, W., Pfaendtner, J., Otzen, D., Woutersen, S., Bonn, M., Schneider, D. & Weidner, T. (2021). Membrane Structure of Aquaporin Observed with Combined Experimental and Theoretical Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 37(45), 13452-13459. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02206

Otzen, D. E., Buell, A. K. & Jensen, H. (2021). Microfluidics and the quantification of biomolecular interactions. Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 70, 8-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbi.2021.02.006

Larsen, K., Bæk, R., Sahin, C., Kjær, L., Christiansen, G., Nielsen, J., Farajzadeh, L. & Otzen, D. E. (2021). Molecular characteristics of porcine alpha-synuclein splicing variants. Biochimie, 180, 121-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biochi.2020.10.019

Aliakbari, F., Mohammad-Beigi, H., Abbasi, S., Rezaei-Ghaleh, N., Lermyte, F., Parsafar, S., Becker, S., Tafreshi, A. P., O'Connor, P. B., Collingwood, J. F., Christiansen, G., Sutherland, D. S., Jensen, P. H., Morshedi, D. & Otzen, D. E. (2021). Multiple Protective Roles of Nanoliposome-Incorporated Baicalein against Alpha-Synuclein Aggregates. Advanced Functional Materials, 31(7), Article 2007765. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202007765

Ferreira, N., Gram, H., Sorrentino, Z. A., Gregersen, E., Schmidt, S. I., Reimer, L., Betzer, C., Perez-Gozalbo, C., Beltoja, M., Nagaraj, M., Wang, J., Nowak, J. S., Dong, M., Willén, K., Cholak, E., Bjerregaard-Andersen, K., Mendez, N., Rabadia, P., Shahnawaz, M. ... Jensen, P. H. (2021). Multiple system atrophy-associated oligodendroglial protein p25α stimulates formation of novel α-synuclein strain with enhanced neurodegenerative potential. Acta Neuropathologica, 142, 87-115. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-021-02316-0

Walther, R., Monge, P., Pedersen, A., Benderoth, A., Pedersen, J., Farzadfard, A., Mandrup, O., Howard, K., Otzen, D. & Zelikin, A. N. (2021). Per-glycosylation of the Surface-Accessible Lysines: One-Pot Aqueous Route to Stabilized Proteins with Native Activity. ChemBioChem, 22(14), 2478-2485. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202100228

Haikal, C., Pascual, L. O., Najarzadeh, Z., Bernfur, K., Svanbergsson, A., Otzen, D. E., Linse, S. & Li, J. Y. (2021). The bacterial amyloids phenol soluble modulins from staphylococcus aureus catalyze alpha-synuclein aggregation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences , 22(21), Article 11594. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222111594

Mortensen, H. G., Otzen, D. E. & Pedersen, J. S. (2021). Ubiquitin forms conventional decorated micelle structures with sodium dodecyl sulfate at saturation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 596, 233-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2021.03.110

Javed, I., Zhang, Z., Adamcik, J., Andrikopoulos, N., Li, Y., Otzen, D. E., Lin, S., Mezzenga, R., Davis, T. P., Ding, F. & Ke, P. C. (2020). Accelerated Amyloid Beta Pathogenesis by Bacterial Amyloid FapC. Advanced Science, 7(18), Article 2001299. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202001299

Pedersen, J. N., Lyngsø, J., Zinn, T., Otzen, D. & Pedersen, J. S. (2020). A complete picture of protein unfolding and refolding in surfactants. Chemical Science, 11(3), 699-712. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SC04831F

Hajipour, M. J., Mohammad-Beigi, H., Nabipour, I., Mahmoudi, N., Azhdarzadeh, M., Derakhshankhah, H., El Dawud, D., Mohammadinejad, R. & Otzen, D. (2020). Amyloid fibril inhibition, acceleration, or fragmentation: Are nano-based approaches advance in the right direction? Nano Today, 35(December), Article 100983. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nantod.2020.100983

Sawada, M., Yamaguchi, K., Hirano, M., Noji, M., So, M., Otzen, D. E., Kawata, Y. & Goto, Y. (2020). Amyloid formation of α-synuclein based on the solubility- and supersaturation-dependent mechanism. Langmuir, 36(17), 4671-4681. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00426

Nielsen, N. S., Poulsen, E. T., Lukassen, M. V., Chao Shern, C., Mogensen, E. H., Weberskov, C. E., DeDionisio, L., Schauser, L., Moore, T. C. B., Otzen, D. E., Hjortdal, J. & Enghild, J. J. (2020). Biochemical mechanisms of aggregation in TGFBI-linked corneal dystrophies. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, 77, Article 100843. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.preteyeres.2020.100843

Adão, R., Cruz, P. F., Vaz, D. C., Fonseca, F., Pedersen, J. N., Ferreira-da-Silva, F., Brito, R. M. M., Ramos, C. H. I., Otzen, D., Keller, S. & Bastos, M. (2020). DIBMA nanodiscs keep α-synuclein folded. Biochimica et biophysica acta - Biomembranes, 1862(9), Article 183314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183314

Ke, P. C., Zhou, R., Serpell, L. C., Riek, R., Knowles, T. P. J., Lashuel, H. A., Gazit, E., Hamley, I. W., Davis, T. P., Fändrich, M., Otzen, D. E., Chapman, M. R., Dobson, C. M., Eisenberg, D. S. & Mezzenga, R. (2020). Half a century of amyloids: past, present and future. Chemical Society Reviews, 49(15), 5473-5509. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cs00199a

Eskandari, H., Ghanadian, M., Noleto-Dias, C., Lomax, C., Tawfike, A., Christiansen, G., Sutherland, D. S., Ward, J. L., Mohammad-Beigi, H. & Otzen, D. E. (2020). Inhibitors of α-Synuclein fibrillation and oligomer toxicity in Rosa damascena: the all-pervading powers of flavonoids and phenolic glycosides. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 11(19), 3161–3173. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00528

Martins, P. M., Navarro, S., Silva, A., Pinto, M. F., Sárkány, Z., Figueiredo, F., Pereira, P. J. B., Pinheiro, F., Bednarikova, Z., Burdukiewicz, M., Galzitskaya, O. V., Gazova, Z., Gomes, C. M., Pastore, A., Serpell, L. C., Skrabana, R., Smirnovas, V., Ziaunys, M., Otzen, D. E. ... Macedo-Ribeiro, S. (2020). MIRRAGGE - Minimum Information Required for Reproducible AGGregation Experiments. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 13, Article 582488. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2020.582488

Jensen, G. V., Pedersen, J. N., Otzen, D. E. & Pedersen, J. S. (2020). Multi-Step Unfolding and Rearrangement of α-Lactalbumin by SDS Revealed by Stopped-Flow SAXS. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 7, Article 125. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2020.00125

Huma, Z.-E., Javed, I., Zhang, Z., Bilal, H., Sun, Y., Hussain, S. Z., Davis, T. P., Otzen, D. E., Landersdorfer, C. B., Ding, F., Hussain, I. & Ke, P. C. (2020). Nanosilver Mitigates Biofilm Formation via FapC Amyloidosis Inhibition. Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 16(21), Article 1906674. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201906674

Alijanvand, S. H., Christensen, M. H., Christiansen, G., Harikandei, K. B., Salehi, P., Schiøtt, B., Moosavi-Movahedi, A. A. & Otzen, D. E. (2020). Novel noscapine derivatives stabilize the native state of insulin against fibrillation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 147, 98-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.01.061

Jakob, D. S., Wang, H., Zeng, G., Otzen, D. E., Yan, Y. & Xu, X. (2020). Peak Force Infrared - Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59(37), 16083-16090. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202004211

He, J., Becares, E. R., Thulstrup, P. W., Gamon, L. F., Pedersen, J. N., Otzen, D., Gourdon, P., Davies, M. J. & Hägglund, P. (2020). Peroxynitrous acid (ONOOH) modifies the structure of anastellin and influences its capacity to polymerize fibronectin. Redox Biology, 36, Article 101631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2020.101631

Baldry, M., Bojer, M. S., Najarzadeh, Z., Vestergaard, M., Meyer, R. L., Otzen, D. E. & Ingmer, H. (2020). Phenol-Soluble Modulins Modulate Persister Cell Formation in Staphylococcus aureus. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, Article 573253. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.573253

Nagaraj, M., Ahmed, M., Lyngsø, J., Vad, B. S., Bøggild, A., Fillipsen, A., Pedersen, J. S., Otzen, D. E. & Akbey, Ü. (2020). Predicted Loop Regions Promote Aggregation: A Study of Amyloidogenic Domains in the Functional Amyloid FapC. Journal of Molecular Biology, 432(7), 2232-2252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2020.01.044

Christensen, L. F. B., Nowak, J. S., Sønderby, T. V., Frank, S. A. & Otzen, D. E. (2020). Quantitating denaturation by formic acid: Imperfect repeats are essential to the stability of the functional amyloid protein FapC. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 295(37), 13036-13041. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.ra120.013396

Krainer, G., Hartmann, A., Bogatyr, V., Nielsen, J., Schlierf, M. & Otzen, D. E. (2020). SDS-induced multi-stage unfolding of a small globular protein through different denatured states revealed by single-molecule fluorescence. Chemical Science, 11(34), 9141-9153. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sc02100h

Juul-Madsen, K., Qvist, P., Bendtsen, K. L., Langkilde, A. E., Vestergaard, B., Howard, K., Dehesa-Etxebeste, M., Paludan, S. R., Andersen, G. R., Jensen, P. H., Otzen, D. E., Romero-Ramos, M. & Vorup-Jensen, T. (2020). Size-Selective Phagocytic Clearance of Fibrillar α-Synuclein through Conformational Activation of Complement Receptor 4. Journal of Immunology, 204(5), 1345-1361. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1900494

Pedersen, J. N., Frislev, H. K. S., Pedersen, J. S. & Otzen, D. (2020). Structures and mechanisms of formation of liprotides. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics, 1868(11), Article 140505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbapap.2020.140505

van Gils, J. H. M., van Dijk, E., Peduzzo, A., Hofmann, A., Vettore, N., Schützmann, M. P., Groth, G., Mouhib, H., Otzen, D. E., Buell, A. K. & Abeln, S. (2020). The hydrophobic effect characterises the thermodynamic signature of amyloid fibril growth. PLoS Computational Biology, 16(5), Article e1007767. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007767

van Diggelen, F., Frank, S. A., Somavarapu, A. K., Scavenius, C., Apetri, M. M., Nielsen, J., Tepper, A. W. J. W., Enghild, J. J. & Otzen, D. E. (2020). The interactome of stabilized α-synuclein oligomers and neuronal proteins. FEBS journal, 287(10), 2037-2054. https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.15124

Marvian, A. T., Aliakbari, F., Mohammad-Beigi, H., Ahmadi, Z. A., Mehrpouyan, S., Lermyte, F., Nasouti, M., Collingwood, J. F., Otzen, D. E. & Morshedi, D. (2020). The status of the terminal regions of α-synuclein in different forms of aggregates during fibrillization. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 155, 543-550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.03.238

Rasmussen, H. Ø., Enghild, J. J., Otzen, D. E. & Pedersen, J. S. (2020). Unfolding and partial refolding of a cellulase from the SDS-denatured state: From β-sheet to α-helix and back. B B A - General Subjects, 1864(1), 129434 1-12. Article 129434. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagen.2019.129434

Nissen, S. K., Shrivastava, K., Schulte, C., Otzen, D. E., Goldeck, D., Berg, D., Møller, H. J., Maetzler, W. & Romero-Ramos, M. (2019). Alterations in Blood Monocyte Functions in Parkinson's Disease. Movement Disorders, 34(11), 1711-1721. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.27815

Mohammad-Beigi, H., Kjær, L., Eskandari, H., Aliakbari, F., Christiansen, G., Ruvo, G., L. Ward, J. & Otzen, D. (2019). A Possible Connection Between Plant Longevity and the Absence of Protein Fibrillation: Basis for Identifying Aggregation Inhibitors in Plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10(148), Article 148. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00148

Najarzadeh, Z., Pedersen, J. N., Christiansen, G., Shojaosadati, S. A., Pedersen, J. S. & Otzen, D. E. (2019). Bacterial amphiphiles as amyloid inducers: Effect of Rhamnolipid and Lipopolysaccharide on FapC fibrillation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics, 1867(11), Article 140263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbapap.2019.140263

Christensen, L. F. B., Schafer, N., Wolf-Perez, A., Madsen, D. J. & Otzen, D. E. (2019). Bacterial Amyloids: Biogenesis and Biomaterials. In S. Perrett, A. K. Buell & T. P. J. Knowles (Eds.), Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (pp. 113-159). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9791-2_4

Juhl, D. W., Risør, M. W., Scavenius, C., Rasmussen, C. B., Otzen, D., Nielsen, N. C. & Enghild, J. J. (2019). Conservation of the Amyloid Interactome Across Diverse Fibrillar Structures. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 3863. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40483-z

Otzen, D. & Riek, R. (2019). Functional Amyloids. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 11(12), Article a033860. https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a033860

Rasmussen, C. B., Christiansen, G., Vad, B. S., Lynggaard, C., Enghild, J. J., Andreasen, M. & Otzen, D. (2019). Imperfect repeats in the functional amyloid protein FapC reduce the tendency to fragment during fibrillation. Protein Science, 28(3), 633-642. https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.3566

Knudsen, L. J., Nielsen, S. D.-H., Rauh, V., Otzen, D., Dekker, P. J. T. & Larsen, L. B. (2019). Interrelations between chemical changes in lactose-free UHT milk. Abstract from 16th Symposium on Milk Genomics and Human Health, Aarhus, Denmark.

Knudsen, L. J., Nielsen, S. D., Rauh, V., Otzen, D., Dekker, P. J. T. & Larsen, L. B. (2019). Interrelations between chemical changes in lactose-free UHT milk. Abstract from Sandbjerg Seminar 2019, Sønderborg, Denmark.

Wolf Pérez, A.-M., Sormanni, P., Andersen, J. S., Sakhnini, L. I., Rodriguez-Leon, I., Bjelke, J. R., Gajhede, A. J., De Maria, L., Otzen, D. E., Vendruscolo, M. & Lorenzen, N. (2019). In vitro and in silico assessment of the developability of a designed monoclonal antibody library. mAbs, 11(2), 388-400. https://doi.org/10.1080/19420862.2018.1556082

Pedersen, J. N., Jiang, Z., Christiansen, G., Lee, J. C., Pedersen, J. S. & Otzen, D. E. (2019). Lysophospholipids induce fibrillation of the repeat domain of Pmel17 through intermediate core-shell structures. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics, 1867(5), 519-528. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbapap.2018.11.007

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