“…DiY cross-links in proteins have also been implicated in many diseases, including AD and PD ( Souza et al, 2000 ; Atwood et al, 2004 ; Al-Hilaly et al, 2013 , 2016 , 2019 ), cystic fibrosis ( Van Der Vliet et al, 2000 ), atherosclerosis ( Leeuwenburgh et al, 1996 ), cataracts in the eye lens ( Bodaness and Zigler, 1983 ; Wells-Knecht et al, 1993 ),, and acute myocardial infarction ( Mayer et al, 2014 ). For example, DiY can be generated in vitro in samples of Aβ ( Galeazzi et al, 1999 ; Atwood et al, 2004 ; Al-Hilaly et al, 2013 ; Maina et al, 2020b ), α-synuclein ( Souza et al, 2000 ; Al-Hilaly et al, 2016 ), and Tau ( Reynolds et al, 2005 ; Maina et al, 2021 , 2022b ). However, there remains more to learn about the specific role played by this modification in these aggregation-prone proteins.…”