Serum albumin: a multifaced enzyme

G De Simone, A di Masi, P Ascenzi - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Human serum albumin (HSA) is the most abundant protein in plasma, contributing actively to
oncotic pressure maintenance and fluid distribution between body compartments. HSA acts …

The glycation of albumin: structural and functional impacts

P Rondeau, E Bourdon - Biochimie, 2011 - Elsevier
Oxidative stress and protein modifications are frequently observed in numerous disease
states. Glucose constitutes a vital nutrient necessary to cellular oxygen metabolism …

Understanding the role of protein glycation in the amyloid aggregation process

I Sirangelo, C Iannuzzi - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Protein function and flexibility is directly related to the native distribution of its structural
elements and any alteration in protein architecture leads to several abnormalities and …

Rapid glycation with D-ribose induces globular amyloid-like aggregations of BSA with high cytotoxicity to SH-SY5Y cells

Y Wei, L Chen, J Chen, L Ge, RQ He - BMC cell biology, 2009 - Springer
Background D-ribose in cells and human serum participates in glycation of proteins resulting
in advanced glycation end products (AGEs) that affect cell metabolism and induce cell …

Glycated albumin: an overview of the In Vitro models of an In Vivo potential disease marker

A Arasteh, S Farahi, M Habibi-Rezaei… - Journal of Diabetes & …, 2014 - Springer
Glycation is a general spontaneous process in proteins which has significant impact on their
physical and functional properties. These changes in protein properties could be related to …

Inhaled proteins: challenges and perspectives

F Depreter, G Pilcer, K Amighi - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2013 - Elsevier
Due to recent developments in biochemical engineering and in the understanding of the
physiopathology of many diseases, therapeutic biologics are expected to become of …

Differential effects of glycation on protein aggregation and amyloid formation

C Iannuzzi, G Irace, I Sirangelo - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Amyloids are a class of insoluble proteinaceous substances generally composed of linear
un-branched fibrils that are formed from misfolded proteins. Conformational diseases such …

Glycation modulates alpha-synuclein fibrillization kinetics: A sweet spot for inhibition

A Farzadfard, A König, SV Petersen, J Nielsen… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Glycation is a nonenzymatic posttranslational modification (PTM) known to be increased in
the brains of hyperglycemic patients. Alpha-synuclein (αSN), a central player in the etiology …

Protective actions of bioactive flavonoids chrysin and luteolin on the glyoxal induced formation of advanced glycation end products and aggregation of human serum …

S Sarmah, S Das, AS Roy - International Journal of Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
The post-translational modification of proteins by nonenzymatic glycation (NEG) and the
accumulation of AGEs are the two underlying factors associated with the long-term …

Effect of glycation of bovine serum albumin on the interaction with xanthine oxidase inhibitor allopurinol: Spectroscopic studies and molecular modeling

N Rahman, N Khalil - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
Serum albumin is glycated in diabetic or hyperglycemic conditions. For in vitro experiments
bovine serum albumin (BSA) is employed as a transport protein. So, in this work, we aim to …