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Overview

Frances Prelli is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong emphasis on Physiology and Molecular Biology subfields. They have also contributed to Nutrition and Dietetics as well as Neurology research.

The scientist's work centers on several key topics, including:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

Frances Prelli has published research in notable venues such as Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience and Alzheimer's & Dementia. Among their recent papers are:

  • Passive Immunization With a Novel Monoclonal Anti-PrP Antibody TW1 in an Alzheimer's Mouse Model With Tau Pathology, published in 2021 in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
  • Amelioration of tau related pathology with a novel anti-prion protein monoclonal antibody in an AD mouse model, published in 2021 in Alzheimer's & Dementia

Their frequent co-authors include Wed Abdali, Thomas Wısnıewskı, Allal Boutajangout, Wei Zhang, and Justin Kim, reflecting collaborative efforts in related areas of research.

Best Publications

  • Differences between vascular and plaque core amyloid in Alzheimer's disease.

    Frances Prelli;Eduardo Castano;George G. Glenner;Blas Frangione

  • Reversion of prion protein conformational changes by synthetic b-sheet breaker peptides

    Claudio Soto;Richard J Kascsak;Gabriela P Saborío;Pierre Aucouturier

  • Hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis in patients of Dutch origin is related to Alzheimer disease.

    S.G. van Duinen;E.M. Castano;F. Prelli;G.T.A.B. Bots

  • Fibrillogenesis in Alzheimer's disease of amyloid beta peptides and apolipoprotein E.

    E M Castano;F Prelli;T Wisniewski;A Golabek

  • Beta-2 microglobulin is an amyloidogenic protein in man.

    Peter D. Gorevic;Terence T. Casey;William J. Stone;Carol R. DiRaimondo

  • Vascular variant of prion protein cerebral amyloidosis with tau-positive neurofibrillary tangles: the phenotype of the stop codon 145 mutation in PRNP.

    Bernardino Ghetti;Pedro Piccardo;Maria Grazia Spillantini;Yousuke Ichimiya

  • Isolation and characterization of amyloid P component from Alzheimer's disease and other types of cerebral amyloidosis.

    F Coria;E Castaño;F Prelli;M Larrondo-Lillo

  • Synthetic peptides homologous to prion protein residues 106-147 form amyloid-like fibrils in vitro

    Fabrizio Tagliavini;Frances Prelli;Laura Verga;Giorgio Giaccone

  • In vitro formation of amyloid fibrils from two synthetic peptides of different lengths homologous to Alzheimer's disease β-protein

    Eduardo M. Castaño;Jorge Ghiso;Frances Prelli;Peter D. Gorevic

  • Amyloid protein of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (Indiana kindred) is an 11 kd fragment of prion protein with an N-terminal glycine at codon 58.

    Fabrizio Tagliavini;Frances Prelli;Jorge Ghiso;Orso Bugiani

  • Copper chelation delays the onset of prion disease.

    Einar M. Sigurdsson;David R. Brown;Muhammad A. Alim;Henrieta Scholtzova

  • Blocking the apolipoprotein E/amyloid-β interaction as a potential therapeutic approach for Alzheimer's disease

    Martin J. Sadowski;Joanna Pankiewicz;Henrieta Scholtzova;Pankaj D. Mehta

  • STRUCTURAL UNITS OF HUMAN 7S GAMMA GLOBULIN

    Edward C. Franklin;Frances Prelli

  • Prion Protein Amyloidosis

    Bernardino Ghetti;Pedro Piccardo;Bias Frangione;Orso Bugiani

  • Mutation in gelsolin gene in Finnish hereditary amyloidosis

    E Levy;M Haltia;I Fernandez-Madrid;O Koivunen

  • Polymerization of intact beta 2-microglobulin in tissue causes amyloidosis in patients on chronic hemodialysis

    Peter D. Gorevic;Priscilla C. Munoz;Terence T. Casey;Carol R. Diraimondo

  • Endogenous proteolytic cleavage of normal and disease-associated isoforms of the human prion protein in neural and non-neural tissues.

    Adolfo Jiménez-Huete;Patricia M.J. Lievens;Rubén Vidal;Pedro Piccardo

  • Chemical Fluorescent Probe for Detection of Aβ Oligomers

    Chai Lean Teoh;Dongdong Su;Srikanta Sahu;Seong-Wook Yun

  • Amyloid fibrils in Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (Indiana and Swedish Kindreds) express only PrP peptides encoded by the mutant allele

    Fabrizio Tagliavini;Frances Prelli;Monica Porro;Giacomina Rossi

  • Vascular variant of prion protein cerebral amyloidosis with tau-positive neurofibrillary tangles

    B Ghetti;Pedro Piccardo;M G Spillantini;Y Ichimiya

Frequent Co-Authors

Blas Frangione
Blas Frangione New York University
Thomas Wisniewski
Thomas Wisniewski New York University
Edward C. Franklin
Edward C. Franklin New York University
Fabrizio Tagliavini
Fabrizio Tagliavini Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Bernardino Ghetti
Bernardino Ghetti Indiana University
Jorge Ghiso
Jorge Ghiso New York University
Pedro Piccardo
Pedro Piccardo University of Edinburgh
Richard J. Kascsak
Richard J. Kascsak University of York
Mario Salmona
Mario Salmona Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Claudio Soto
Claudio Soto The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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