Amyloid oligomers: A joint experimental/computational perspective on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PH Nguyen, A Ramamoorthy, BR Sahoo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein misfolding and aggregation is observed in many amyloidogenic diseases affecting
either the central nervous system or a variety of peripheral tissues. Structural and dynamic …

Pragmatic coarse-graining of proteins: models and applications

L Borges-Araújo, I Patmanidis, AP Singh… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The molecular details involved in the folding, dynamics, organization, and interaction of
proteins with other molecules are often difficult to assess by experimental techniques …

Structures of the intrinsically disordered Aβ, tau and α-synuclein proteins in aqueous solution from computer simulations

PH Nguyen, P Derreumaux - Biophysical Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) play many biological roles in the human proteome
ranging from vesicular transport, signal transduction to neurodegenerative diseases. The Aβ …

From stroke to dementia: a comprehensive review exposing tight interactions between stroke and amyloid-β formation

R Goulay, L Mena Romo, EM Hol… - Translational Stroke …, 2020 - Springer
Stroke and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are cerebral pathologies with high socioeconomic
impact that can occur together and mutually interact. Vascular factors predisposing to …

Complete aggregation pathway of amyloid β (1-40) and (1-42) resolved on an atomically clean interface

PN Nirmalraj, J List, S Battacharya, G Howe, L Xu… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
To visualize amyloid β (Aβ) aggregates requires an uncontaminated and artifact-free
interface. This paper demonstrates the interface between graphene and pure water (verified …

Nitrogen‐doped carbonized polymer dots: a potent scavenger and detector targeting Alzheimer's β‐amyloid plaques

W Gao, W Wang, X Dong, Y Sun - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The fibrillization and deposition of β‐amyloid protein (Aβ) are recognized to be the
pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD), which signify the need for the effective …

Oligomerization and conformational change turn monomeric β-amyloid and tau proteins toxic: Their role in Alzheimer's pathogenesis

B Penke, M Szűcs, F Bogár - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The structural polymorphism and the physiological and pathophysiological roles of two
important proteins, β-amyloid (Aβ) and tau, that play a key role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

Epigallocatechin gallate-derived carbonized polymer dots: A multifunctional scavenger targeting Alzheimer's β-amyloid plaques

X Lin, W Liu, X Dong, Y Sun - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The design of high-efficiency scavengers targeting β-amyloid protein (Aβ) plaques in the
progress of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been recognized as an effective way to prevent …

Free gangliosides can alter amyloid-β aggregation

A Chakravorty, SD McCalpin, BR Sahoo… - The journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A recently proposed lipid-chaperone hypothesis suggests that free lipid molecules, not
bound to membranes, affect the aggregation of amyloidogenic peptides such as amyloid-β …

Coassembled chitosan–hyaluronic acid nanoparticles as a theranostic agent targeting Alzheimer's β-amyloid

W Wang, M Liu, W Gao, Y Sun… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
β-Amyloid (Aβ) fibrillogenesis is closely associated with the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's
disease (AD), so detection and inhibition of Aβ aggregation are of significance for the …