Amyloid oligomers: A joint experimental/computational perspective on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PH Nguyen, A Ramamoorthy, BR Sahoo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein misfolding and aggregation is observed in many amyloidogenic diseases affecting
either the central nervous system or a variety of peripheral tissues. Structural and dynamic …

Current strategies of detecting Aβ species and inhibiting Aβ aggregation: Status and prospects

J Li, W Liao, D Huang, M Ou, T Chen, X Wang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a central neurodegenerative disorder characterized by
behavioral disturbance and progressive cognitive impairment, and it is common in pre …

Green Tea Extracts EGCG and EGC Display Distinct Mechanisms in Disrupting Aβ42 Protofibril

C Zhan, Y Chen, Y Tang, G Wei - ACS chemical neuroscience, 2020 - ACS Publications
The amyloid beta (Aβ) fibrillar aggregate is the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Disassembling preformed fibril or inhibiting Aβ aggregation is considered as a therapeutic …

Biologically active water-soluble fullerene adducts: Das Glasperlenspiel (by H. Hesse)?

VV Sharoyko, SV Ageev, NE Podolsky… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
The review discusses prospects for the use of fullerenes and their various functionalised
adducts: polyhydroxylated fullerenes (fullerenols), carboxylated fullerenes, adducts with …

Self-assembling peptides and carbon nanomaterials join forces for innovative biomedical applications

P Rozhin, C Charitidis, S Marchesan - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Self-assembling peptides and carbon nanomaterials have attracted great interest for their
respective potential to bring innovation in the biomedical field. Combination of these two …

Serotonin and Melatonin Show Different Modes of Action on Aβ42 Protofibril Destabilization

Y Gong, C Zhan, Y Zou, Z Qian, G Wei… - ACS Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with the aberrant self-assembly of amyloid-β (Aβ)
protein into fibrillar deposits. The disaggregation of Aβ fibril is believed as one of the major …

Fullerenes as an effective amyloid fibrils disaggregating nanomaterial

K Siposova, VI Petrenko, OI Ivankov… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nowadays, determining the disassembly mechanism of amyloids under nanomaterials
action is a crucial issue for their successful future use in therapy of neurodegenerative and …

Recent progress of nanomedicine in the treatment of central nervous system diseases

L Feng, H Wang, X Xue - Advanced Therapeutics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Central nervous system (CNS) diseases, mainly including neurodegenerative diseases and
psychiatric diseases, have become the leading cause of death and disability in the world …

Critical nucleus of Greek-key-like core of α-synuclein protofibril and its disruption by dopamine and norepinephrine

Y Zou, Z Qian, Y Gong, Y Tang, G Wei… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation of amyloid fibrils by α-synuclein (αS) protein inside the Lewy bodies and Lewy
neurites is the prominent pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD). The fibrillation …

Prediction of AChE-ligand affinity using the umbrella sampling simulation

NT Lan, KB Vu, MKD Ngoc, PT Tran, DM Hiep… - Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is characterized as a key target for designing inhibitors to
prevent Alzheimer's disease (AD). The binding free energy of a ligand to the AChE enzyme …