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Sourced imagery — prion-like-protein-spread academic infographics
Compiled 2026-10-10. Everything below is real, openly licensed scientific imagery/data. No fabricated content.
Photomicrographs / published figures (kept)
| File | What it shows | Source | DOI / paper | License | Required attribution line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
alphasyn-toxicity.jpg |
Events in α-synuclein toxicity: aggregation pathway from unfolded monomer through oligomers to fibrils | Cookson MR | Review figure; via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 2.0 | "Cookson MR, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0" |
lewy-body-sn.jpg |
Histological sample of substantia nigra in Parkinson’s disease: SNpc neuron with Lewy body, extracellular neuromelanin (H&E, 500×) | Werner CJ, Heyny-von Haussen R, Mall G, Wolf S | Proteome analysis of human substantia nigra in Parkinson’s disease; via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 2.0 | "Werner CJ et al., Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0" |
tau-tangles-oligo.png |
Fig 4: oligodendrocytes and tau protein neurofibrillary tangles (review figure) | Guo S, Yu X, Zhang H | Review figure (created with Figdraw2.0); via Wikimedia Commons | CC BY 4.0 | "Guo S et al., Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0" |
Molecular structures — PDB entries (kept)
PDB coordinate files are public domain per wwPDB policy (https://www.wwpdb.org/about/pdb-data-use).
| File | Structure | Deposition authors | Method / resolution | Paper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
6H6B.pdb |
Structure of alpha-synuclein fibrils | Guerrero-Ferreira R, Taylor NMI, Mona D, et al. | Cryo-EM, 3.4 Å | Deposition paper via wwPDB (coordinates public domain) |
1QM0.pdb |
Human prion protein fragment 90–230 | Zahn R, Liu A, Luhrs T, Wuthrich K | Solution NMR | Deposition paper via wwPDB (coordinates public domain) |
5O3L.pdb |
Paired helical filament of tau from Alzheimer’s disease brain | Fitzpatrick AWP, Falcon B, He S, et al. | Cryo-EM, 3.4 Å | Fitzpatrick et al., Nature. 2017;547:185–190 (coordinates public domain; render reused from amyloid-cascade batch) |
Rejected candidates (not kept)
| Candidate | Why rejected |
|---|---|
| Lewy Koerperchen.JPG (Penarc) | CC BY-SA 3.0 — share-alike not permitted |
| Locus coeruleus SN.jpg (Jensflorian) | CC BY-SA 3.0 — share-alike not permitted |
| Neurofibrillary tangles in the Hippocampus (Patho) | CC BY-SA 3.0 — share-alike not permitted |
| Alpha-synuclein Genetic Model.png (Gómez Benito et al.) | CC BY-SA 4.0 — share-alike not permitted |