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 …

Natural alkaloids as multi-target compounds towards factors implicated in Alzheimer's disease

R Vrabec, G Blunden, L Cahlíková - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in elderly people;
currently, there is no efficient treatment. Considering the increase in life expectancy …

The size-effect of gold nanoparticles and nanoclusters in the inhibition of amyloid-β fibrillation

G Gao, M Zhang, D Gong, R Chen, X Hu, T Sun - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
A significant pathological signature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the deposition of amyloid-
β (Aβ) plaques in the brain and the synaptic dysfunction and neurodegeneration associated …

Novel tacrine-tryptophan hybrids: Multi-target directed ligands as potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease

K Chalupova, J Korabecny, M Bartolini, B Monti… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
A combination of tacrine and tryptophan led to the development of a new family of
heterodimers as multi-target agents with potential to treat Alzheimer's disease. Based on the …

Tacrine-resveratrol fused hybrids as multi-target-directed ligands against Alzheimer's disease

J Jeřábek, E Uliassi, L Guidotti, J Korábečný… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Multi-target drug discovery is one of the most followed approaches in the active central
nervous system (CNS) therapeutic area, especially in the search for new drugs against …

Myricetin: biological activity related to human health

KS Park, Y Chong, MK Kim - Applied Biological Chemistry, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Myricetin (3, 5, 7, 3′, 4′, 5′-hexahydroxyflavone) is one of the natural flavonols
from fruit, vegetable, tea, and medicinal plants. A great deal of attention has been paid to this …

Dye-binding assays for evaluation of the effects of small molecule inhibitors on amyloid (Aβ) self-assembly

LP Jameson, NW Smith, SV Dzyuba - ACS chemical neuroscience, 2012 - ACS Publications
Dye-binding assays, such as those utilizing Congo red and thioflavin T, are among the most
widely used tools to probe the aggregation of amyloidogenic biomolecules and for the …

Novel mechanistic insight into the molecular basis of amyloid polymorphism and secondary nucleation during amyloid formation

JS Jeong, A Ansaloni, R Mezzenga, HA Lashuel… - Journal of molecular …, 2013 - Elsevier
The formation of amyloid β (Aβ) fibrils is crucial in initiating the cascade of pathological
events that culminates in Alzheimer's disease. In this study, we investigated the mechanism …

Intracellular Aβ42 aggregation leads to cellular thermogenesis

CW Chung, AD Stephens, T Konno… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The aggregation of Aβ42 is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. It is still not known what the
biochemical changes are inside a cell which will eventually lead to Aβ42 aggregation …

Age-related diseases as vicious cycles

AV Belikov - Ageing research reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
The mortality rates of age-related diseases (ARDs) increase exponentially with age.
Processes described by the exponential growth function typically involve a branching chain …