Protein aggregation and neurodegenerative diseases: From theory to therapy

V Kumar, N Sami, T Kashav, A Islam, F Ahmad… - European journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The study of protein misfolding and aggregation saw resurgence in the last decade.
Aggregation is the main cause of several human neurodegenerative diseases which makes …

Conditions governing food protein amyloid fibril formation—Part I: Egg and cereal proteins

KJA Jansens, MA Lambrecht… - … reviews in food …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Conditions including heating mode, time, temperature, pH, moisture and protein
concentration, shear, and the presence of alcohols, chaotropic/reducing agents, enzymes …

Functionalisation of polyvinylpyrrolidone on gold nanoparticles enhances its anti-amyloidogenic propensity towards hen egg white lysozyme

T Das, V Kolli, S Karmakar, N Sarkar - Biomedicines, 2017 - mdpi.com
Protein amyloids are characterized by aggregates that usually consist of fibres containing
misfolded proteins and having a cross β-sheet conformation. These aggregates can …

Lanosterol suppresses the aggregation and cytotoxicity of misfolded proteins linked with neurodegenerative diseases

A Upadhyay, A Amanullah, R Mishra, A Kumar… - Molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Accumulation of misfolded or aberrant proteins in neuronal cells is linked with
neurodegeneration and other pathologies. Which molecular mechanisms fail and cause …

Proline functionalized gold nanoparticles modulates lysozyme fibrillation

S Karmakar, N Sarkar, LM Pandey - Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2019 - Elsevier
Amyloid fibrils are the hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's,
Parkinson's and other proteopathies. Inhibition of fibrillation is a potential strategy to check …

Biophysical insights into the interaction of hen egg white lysozyme with therapeutic dye clofazimine: modulation of activity and SDS induced aggregation of model …

MR Ajmal, SK Chaturvedi, N Zaidi, P Alam… - Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The present study details the binding process of clofazimine to hen egg white lysozyme
(HEWL) using spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, transmission electron microscopy …

Inhibition of amyloid fibril formation and disassembly of pre-formed fibrils by natural polyphenol rottlerin

K Siposova, T Kozar, V Huntosova, S Tomkova… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2019 - Elsevier
Natural polyphenols, curcumin, rottlerin and EGCG were selected for initial computational
modeling of protein-ligand interaction patterns. The docking calculations demonstrated that …

Binding of glyco-acridine derivatives to lysozyme leads to inhibition of amyloid fibrillization

QV Vuong, K Siposova, TT Nguyen… - …, 2013 - ACS Publications
While amyloid-related diseases are at the center of intense research efforts, no feasible cure
is currently available for these diseases. The experimental and computational techniques …

[HTML][HTML] Extending the investigation of 4-thiazolidinone derivatives as potential multi-target ligands of enzymes involved in diabetes mellitus and its long-term …

K Szabó, R Maccari, R Ottanà, G Gyémánt - Carbohydrate Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Diabetes mellitus is a multifactorial disease, which is frequently complicated by the
development of hyperglycaemia-induced chronic complications. The therapy of diabetes …

Rottlerin and curcumin: a comparative analysis

E Maioli, C Torricelli, G Valacchi - … of the New York Academy of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Rottlerin and curcumin are natural plant polyphenols with a long tradition in folk medicine.
Over the past two decades, curcumin has been extensively investigated, while rottlerin has …