oligomeric
- a word derived from oligomer.
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In certain contexts, α-synuclein can also assume a variety of soluble or insoluble oligomeric forms30, 31, 32, although the precise physiological or pathological roles of such structures are contentious.
From Nature ● Nov. 8, 2016
Soluble, oligomeric forms of amyloid-β have a higher neurotoxicity than either monomeric amyloid-β or mature amyloid-β fibrils105, 106.
From Nature ● Nov. 8, 2016
Researchers suspect that numerous other amyloid-linked diseases feature the same toxic, oligomeric mechanisms and involve a slow spread of pathology starting in the regions of the brain most vulnerable to the disorder.
From Nature ● Jul. 13, 2011
