Lysozyme amyloid fibril: Regulation, application, hazard analysis, and future perspectives

Y Chen, Q Liu, F Yang, H Yu, Y Xie, W Yao - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Self-assembly of misfolded proteins into ordered fibrillar aggregates known as amyloid
results in various human diseases. However, more and more proteins, whether in human …

Amyloid fibrillation of insulin: amelioration strategies and implications for translation

MHA Fagihi, S Bhattacharjee - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Insulin is a therapeutically relevant molecule with use in treating diabetes patients.
Unfortunately, it undergoes a range of untoward and often unpredictable physical …

3D-Shaped Binders of Unfolded Proteins Inducing Cancer Cell-Specific Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress In Vitro and In Vivo

I Klemt, O Varzatskii, R Selin, S Vakarov… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The amount of unfolded proteins is increased in cancer cells, leading to endoplasmic
reticulum (ER) stress. Therefore, cancer cells are sensitive to drugs capable of further …

Synthesis of a highly thermostable insulin by phenylalanine conjugation at B29 Lysine

S Sen, R Ali, A Onkar, S Verma, QT Ahmad… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Globally, millions of diabetic patients require daily life-saving insulin injections. Insulin heat-
lability and fibrillation pose significant challenges, especially in parts of the world without …

Metal-Complexes Bearing Releasable CO Differently Modulate Amyloid Aggregation

S La Manna, V Roviello, F Napolitano… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Neurodegenerative diseases are often associated with an uncontrolled amyloid
aggregation. Hence, many studies are oriented to discover new compounds that are able to …

Enhancers of amyloid aggregation: novel ferrocene-based compounds selective toward amyloid models

S La Manna, C Di Natale, V Panzetta… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Amyloid aggregation is at the molecular basis of neurodegeneration and provides toxic
species which trigger the progression of the disease. Hence, there is an urgent need to …

Strategies for interference of insulin fibrillogenesis: challenges and advances

S Sen, R Ali, A Onkar, S Ganesh, S Verma - ChemBioChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of insulin came with very high hopes for diabetic patients. In 2021, the world
celebrated the 100th anniversary of the discovery of this vital hormone. However, external …

Induced chirality of cage metal complexes switched by their supramolecular and covalent binding

VB Kovalska, SV Vakarov, MV Kuperman… - Dalton …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
An ability of the ribbed-functionalized iron (II) clathrochelates to induce a CD output in
interactions with a protein, covalent bonding or supramolecular interactions with a low …

Induced CD of iron(ii) clathrochelates: sensing of the structural and conformational alterations of serum albumins

V Kovalska, M Kuperman, M Losytskyy, S Vakarov… - Metallomics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
An ability of inherently achiral macrobicyclic metal complexes iron (ii) clathrochelates to
acquire an induced CD (ICD) output in the visible spectral range upon interaction with …

Dicarboxyl-terminated iron (II) clathrochelates as ICD-reporters for globular proteins

V Kovalska, S Vakarov, M Losytskyy, M Kuperman… - RSC …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Cage metal complexes iron (II) clathrochelates, which are inherently CD silent, were
discovered to demonstrate intensive output in induced circular dichroism (ICD) spectra upon …