[HTML][HTML] Alzheimer's disease pathophysiology in the retina

BP Gaire, Y Koronyo, DT Fuchs, H Shi… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The retina is an emerging CNS target for potential noninvasive diagnosis and tracking of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). Studies have identified the pathological hallmarks of AD …

Curcumin—from molecule to biological function

T Esatbeyoglu, P Huebbe, IMA Ernst… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Turmeric is traditionally used as a spice and coloring in foods. It is an important ingredient in
curry and gives curry powder its characteristic yellow color. As a consequence of its intense …

Preparation, characterization and antioxidant properties of curcumin encapsulated chitosan/lignosulfonate micelles

D Lin, L Xiao, W Qin, DA Loy, Z Wu, H Chen… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, chitosan/lignosulfonate composite micelles (CS-LS) were successfully prepared
through polyelectrolyte self-assembly. Curcumin was encapsulated in CS-LS to obtain CUR …

[HTML][HTML] Retinal amyloid pathology and proof-of-concept imaging trial in Alzheimer's disease

Y Koronyo, D Biggs, E Barron, DS Boyer, JA Pearlman… - JCI insight, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND. Noninvasive detection of Alzheimer's disease (AD) with high specificity and
sensitivity can greatly facilitate identification of at-risk populations for earlier, more effective …

Natural compounds as inhibitors of Aβ peptide aggregation: chemical requirements and molecular mechanisms

K Pagano, S Tomaselli, H Molinari… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders, with no
cure and preventive therapy. Misfolding and extracellular aggregation of Amyloid-β (Aβ) …

Chemical and structural features influencing the biological activity of curcumin

K Indira Priyadarsini - Current pharmaceutical design, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Curcumin, a polyphenolic natural product, exhibits therapeutic activity against a number of
diseases, attributed mainly to its chemical structure and unique physical, chemical, and …

Design and synthesis of curcumin analogues for in vivo fluorescence imaging and inhibiting copper-induced cross-linking of amyloid beta species in Alzheimer's …

X Zhang, Y Tian, Z Li, X Tian, H Sun, H Liu… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
In this article, we first designed and synthesized curcumin-based near-infrared (NIR)
fluorescence imaging probes for detecting both soluble and insoluble amyloid beta (Aβ) …

The pharmacology of curcumin: is it the degradation products?

L Shen, HF Ji - Trends in molecular medicine, 2012 - cell.com
The natural product curcumin has gained considerable attention in recent years for its
multiple pharmacological activities, but more efforts are needed to understand how curcumin …

Protein folding and aggregation into amyloid: the interference by natural phenolic compounds

M Stefani, S Rigacci - International journal of molecular sciences, 2013 - mdpi.com
Amyloid aggregation is a hallmark of several degenerative diseases affecting the brain or
peripheral tissues, whose intermediates (oligomers, protofibrils) and final mature fibrils …

Site-specific inhibitory mechanism for amyloid β42 aggregation by catechol-type flavonoids targeting the Lys residues

M Sato, K Murakami, M Uno, Y Nakagawa… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
The aggregation of the 42-residue amyloid β-protein (Aβ42) is involved in the pathogenesis
of Alzheimer disease (AD). Numerous flavonoids exhibit inhibitory activity against Aβ42 …