Aβ-oligomers: A potential therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease

S Ghosh, R Ali, S Verma - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The cascade of amyloid formation relates to multiple complex events at the molecular level.
Previous research has established amyloid plaque deposition as the leading cause of …

High-throughput screening platforms in the discovery of novel drugs for neurodegenerative diseases

H Aldewachi, RN Al-Zidan, MT Conner, MM Salman - Bioengineering, 2021 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) are incurable and debilitating conditions that result in
progressive degeneration and/or death of nerve cells in the central nervous system (CNS) …

Aggregation of disordered proteins associated with neurodegeneration

PS Tsoi, MD Quan, JC Ferreon… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cellular deposition of protein aggregates, one of the hallmarks of neurodegeneration,
disrupts cellular functions and leads to neuronal death. Mutations, posttranslational …

Amyloid β 42 fibril structure based on small-angle scattering

V Lattanzi, I André, U Gasser… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Amyloid fibrils are associated with a number of neurodegenerative diseases, including fibrils
of amyloid β42 peptide (Aβ42) in Alzheimer's disease. These fibrils are a source of toxicity to …

Imaging Amyloid‐β Membrane Interactions: Ion‐Channel Pores and Lipid‐Bilayer Permeability in Alzheimer's Disease

JH Viles - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The accumulation of the amyloid‐β peptides (Aβ) is central to the development of
Alzheimer's disease. The mechanism by which Aβ triggers a cascade of events that leads to …

Cucurbit [7] uril macrocyclic sensors for optical fingerprinting: predicting protein structural changes to identifying disease-specific amyloid assemblies

N Das Saha, S Pradhan, R Sasmal… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In a three-dimensional (3D) representation, each protein molecule displays a specific
pattern of chemical and topological features, which are altered during its misfolding and …

Protein Nanotubes as Advanced Material Platforms and Delivery Systems

B Liu, X Li, JP Zhang, X Li, Y Yuan, GH Hou… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Protein nanotubes (PNTs) as state‐of‐the‐art nanocarriers are promising for various
potential applications both in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Derived from edible …

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 …

The in-tissue molecular architecture of β-amyloid pathology in the mammalian brain

C Leistner, M Wilkinson, A Burgess, M Lovatt… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyloid plaques composed of Aβ fibrils are a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
However, the molecular architecture of amyloid plaques in the context of fresh mammalian …

In Situ Observation of Chemically Induced Protein Denaturation at Solvated Interfaces

PN Nirmalraj, MD Rossell, W Dachraoui… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Proteins unfold in chaotropic salt solutions, a process that is difficult to observe at the single
protein level. The work presented here demonstrates that a liquid-based atomic force …