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Mapping aggregation-specific interactions in human disease

Our research focuses on understanding the mechanisms gearing protein folding and misfolding and their relation to human disease. In particular, we are investigating how protein aggregation affects the interactome by suppressing native interactions but also by introducing novel aggregation-specific interactions. These latter are especially relevant as they are usually associated with gain of function activities such as neurotoxicity (neurodegeneration).

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    Directed disruption of IL2 aggregation and receptor binding sites produces designer biologics with enhanced specificity and improved production capacity

    Amy Dashwood, Ntombizodwa Makuyana, Rob van der Kant, Arman Ghodsinia, Alvaro R Hernandez, Stephanie Lienart, Oliver Burton, James Dooley, Magda Ali, Lubna Kouser, Francisco Naranjo, Matthew G Holt, Frederic Rousseau, Joost Schymkowitz, Adrian Liston
    Comput Struct Biotechnol J . 2025 Mar
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    Charting the structure-sequence landscape of light chain amyloids

    Gabriele Orlando, Rodrigo Gallardo, Alicia Colla, Joost Schymkowitz, Frederic Rousseau
    Bioinformatics 2025 Apr
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    TDP-43 seeding induces cytoplasmic aggregation heterogeneity and nuclear loss of function of TDP-43

    Jens Rummens, Bilal Khalil, Günseli Yıldırım, Pedro Silva, Valentina Zorzini, Nicolas Peredo, Marta Wojno, Meine Ramakers, Ludo Van Den Bosc, Philip Van Damme, Kristofer Davie, Jelle Hendrix, Frederic Rousseau 7, Joost Schymkowitz, Sandrine Da Cruz
    Neuron 2025 Mar 26
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    Impact of amyloid-like ovalbumin fibril consumption on health-related markers: An in vitro approach

    Trui Luyckx, Charlotte Grootaert, Jan A. Delcour, Joëlle A.J. Housmans, Frederic Rousseau, Joost Schymkowitz, Sebastien Carpentier, John Van Camp
    Food Research International vol 208
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    Development and evaluation of Hsp90-targeting nanobodies for visualisation of extracellular Hsp90 in tumours using PET imaging

    Valeria Narykina, Janke Kleynhans, Christopher Cawthorne, Joost Schymkowitz, Frederic Rousseau, Guy Bormans
    EJNMMI Radiopharm Chem . 2025 Feb 21
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    Native Fold Delay and its implications for co-translational chaperone binding and protein aggregation

    Ramon Duran-Romaña, Bert Houben, Paula Fernández Migens, Ying Zhang, Frederic Rousseau, Joost Schymkowitz
    Nat Commun . 2025 Feb 15
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