Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the quantification of seeding (?t50) of an amyloidogenic aggregate, methods for assessing the risk for development, predicting the onset or assessing the progression of a polyQ disease, and a method for identifying compounds that inhibit mHTT seeding activity (HSA) in vitro. Further, uses of fluorophore-bearing polyQ proteins, particularly mutant N-terminal huntingtin fragments comprising exon-1 and related soluble protein constructs are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds suitable for modulating huntingtin protein processing and useful for treating or preventing huntingtin-related disorders. The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and methods of syntheses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds suitable as modulators of protein misfolding and/or protein aggregation. The compounds are particularly suitable as inhibitors of amyloid aggregate formation and/or modulators of amyloid surface properties, and/or as activators of degradation or reduction of amyloid aggregates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions as well as to the use of the active substances contained therein for preparing a pharmaceutical or a diagnostic composition for the treatment or diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders or amyloid diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds suitable as modulators of protein misfolding and/or protein aggregation. The compounds are particularly suitable as inhibitors of amyloid aggregate formation and/or modulators of amyloid surface properties, and/or as activators of degradation or reduction of amyloid aggregates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds suitable for modulating huntingtin protein processing and useful for treating or preventing huntingtin-related disorders. The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and methods of syntheses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of detecting the presence of detergent- or urea-insoluble amyloid-like fibrils or protein aggregates on filters. Preferably, said fibrils or aggregates are indicative of a disease, preferably of a neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer's disease or Huntington's disease. In addition, the present invention relates to inhibitors identified by the method of the invention, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said inhibitors and to diagnostic compositions useful for the investigation of said amyloid-like fibrils or aggregates.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions as well as to the use of the active substances contained therein for preparing a pharmaceutical or a diagnostic composition for the treatment or diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders or amyloid diseases.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have the meanings as given in claim 1, and their pharmaceutically tolerable derivatives, solvates and stereoisomers and their use for the preparation of a pharmaceutical for inhibiting the formation of polyQ-aggregation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for generating a network of direct and indirect interaction partners of a disease-related (poly)peptide comprising the steps of (a) contacting a selection of (poly)peptides suspected to contain one or several of said direct or indirect interaction partners with said disease-related (poly)peptides and optionally with known direct or indirect interaction partners of said disease-related (poly)peptide under conditions that allow the interaction between interaction partners to occur; (b) detecting (poly)peptides that interact with said disease-related (poly)peptide or with said known direct or indirect interaction partners of said disease-related (poly)peptide; (c) contacting (poly)peptides detected in step (b) with a selection of (poly)peptides suspected to contain one or several (poly)peptides interacting with said (poly)peptides detected in step (b) under conditions that allow the interaction between interaction partners to occur; (d) detecting proteins that interact w

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions useful for elucidating the onset or progress of diseases such as Huntington's disease, that are associated with the formation of fibrils or protein aggregates. Further, the present invention relates to methods for monitoring formation of fibrils or protein aggregates as well as to methods for identifying inhibitors of fibril or protein aggregate formation. Additionally, the invention relates to inhibitors of the formation of fibrils or protein aggregates identified by the method of the invention as well as to pharmaceutical compositions that include the inhibitors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method for the identification and optionally the characterisation of interacting molecules designed to detect positive clones from the rather large numbers of false positive clones isolated by conventional two-hybrid systems. The method of the invention relies on a novel combination of selection steps used to detect clones that express interacting molecules from false positive clones. The present invention provides for high-throughput interaction screens for the reliable identification of interacting molecules, which in turn can lead to the identification of substances inhibiting said interactions. Such inhibitors can find their use in the formulation of a pharmaceutical composition. The present invention further relates to kits useful for carrying out the method of the invention.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have the meanings as given in claim 1, and their pharmaceutically tolerable derivatives, solvates and stereoisomers and their use for the preparation of a pharmaceutical for inhibiting the formation of polyQ-aggregation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound or a plurality of compounds that inhibit function of Hsp90; or activate expression of both Hsp40 and Hsp70 for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with protein aggregation and amyloid formation. Preferably, said compound is geldanamycin. The present invention relates further to methods of producing compounds within proved potency and/or decreased side-effects that may be successfully employed as medicaments for the treatment of said diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method for the identification and optionally the characterization of interacting molecules designed to detect positive clones from the rather large numbers of false positive clones isolated by two-hybrid systems. The method of the invention relies on a novel combination of selection steps used to detect clones that express interacting molecules from false positive clones. The present invention further relates to a kit useful for carrying out the method of the invention. The present invention provides for parallel, high-throughput or automated interaction screens for the reliable identification of interacting molecules.