Histidine in health and disease: metabolism, physiological importance, and use as a supplement

M Holeček - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
L-histidine (HIS) is an essential amino acid with unique roles in proton buffering, metal ion
chelation, scavenging of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, erythropoiesis, and the …

[HTML][HTML] Physiology and pathophysiology of carnosine

AA Boldyrev, G Aldini, W Derave - Physiological reviews, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
Abstract Carnosine (β-alanyl-l-histidine) was discovered in 1900 as an abundant non-
protein nitrogen-containing compound of meat. The dipeptide is not only found in skeletal …

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 …

Rationally designed peptides and peptidomimetics as inhibitors of amyloid-β (Aβ) aggregation: Potential therapeutics of Alzheimer's disease

D Goyal, S Shuaib, S Mann, B Goyal - ACS combinatorial science, 2017 - ACS Publications
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with no clinically
accepted treatment to cure or halt its progression. The worldwide effort to develop peptide …

Gut to brain dysbiosis: mechanisms linking western diet consumption, the microbiome, and cognitive impairment

EE Noble, TM Hsu, SE Kanoski - Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Consumption of a Western Diet (WD) that is high in saturated fat and added sugars
negatively impacts cognitive function, particularly mnemonic processes that rely on the …

[HTML][HTML] High-fat diet-induced memory impairment in triple-transgenic Alzheimer's disease (3xTgAD) mice is independent of changes in amyloid and tau pathology

EM Knight, IVA Martins, S Gümüsgöz, SM Allan… - Neurobiology of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Obesity and consumption of a high-fat diet are known to increase the risk of Alzheimer's
disease (AD). Diets high in fat also increase disease neuropathology and/or cognitive …

Antioxidant and neuroprotective effects of carnosine: therapeutic implications in neurodegenerative diseases

C Solana-Manrique, FJ Sanz, G Martínez-Carrión… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) constitute a global challenge to human health and an
important social and economic burden worldwide, mainly due to their growing prevalence in …

Inter-relationships among diet, obesity and hippocampal-dependent cognitive function

TL Davidson, SL Hargrave, SE Swithers, CH Sample… - Neuroscience, 2013 - Elsevier
Intake of a Western diet (WD), which is high in saturated fat and sugar, is associated with
deficits in hippocampal-dependent learning and memory processes as well as with markers …

Effect of high-fat diet on cognitive impairment in triple-transgenic mice model of Alzheimer's disease

SK Sah, C Lee, JH Jang, GH Park - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract High-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity is a risk factor for cognitive impairment in
Alzheimer's disease (AD). It has been reported that two typical neuropathological markers of …

Modulation of pro-oxidant and pro-inflammatory activities of m1 macrophages by the natural dipeptide carnosine

CG Fresta, A Fidilio, G Lazzarino, N Musso… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Carnosine is a natural endogenous dipeptide widely distributed in mammalian tissues,
existing at particularly high concentrations in the muscles and brain and possesses well …