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 …

Computational Investigation of Coaggregation and Cross-Seeding between Aβ and hIAPP Underpinning the Cross-Talk in Alzheimer's Disease and Type 2 Diabetes

X Fan, X Zhang, J Yan, H Xu, W Zhao… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The coexistence of amyloid-β (Aβ) and human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) in the brain
and pancreas is associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and type 2 …

Spontaneous formation of β-sheet nano-barrels during the early aggregation of Alzheimer's amyloid beta

Y Sun, A Kakinen, X Wan, N Moriarty, CPJ Hunt, Y Li… - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Soluble low-molecular-weight oligomers formed during the early aggregation of amyloid
peptides have been hypothesized as a major toxic species of amyloidogenesis. Herein, we …

Norepinephrine inhibits Alzheimer's amyloid-β peptide aggregation and destabilizes amyloid-β protofibrils: A molecular dynamics simulation study

Y Zou, Z Qian, Y Chen, H Qian, G Wei… - ACS chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The abnormal self-assembly of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides into toxic fibrillar aggregates is
associated with the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The inhibition of β-sheet-rich …

Near‐Infrared Switchable Fullerene‐Based Synergy Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease

Z Du, N Gao, X Wang, J Ren, X Qu - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
C60 has a special dual function; it can act as both a powerful reactive oxygen species (ROS)
producer under UV or visible light and an ROS scavenger in the dark. However, ROS has …

Computational insights into the cross-talk between medin and Aβ: implications for age-related vascular risk factors in Alzheimer's disease

F Huang, X Fan, Y Wang, Y Zou, J Lian… - Briefings in …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The aggregation of medin forming aortic medial amyloid is linked to arterial wall
degeneration and cerebrovascular dysfunction. Elevated levels of arteriolar medin are …

Computer simulations of intrinsically disordered proteins

SH Chong, P Chatterjee, S Ham - Annual review of physical …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
The investigation of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) is a new frontier in structural and
molecular biology that requires a new paradigm to connect structural disorder to function …

SEVI inhibits Aβ amyloid aggregation by capping the β-sheet elongation edges

Y Wang, J Xu, F Huang, J Yan, X Fan… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid peptides with endogenous peptides has broad interest
due to their intrinsically high biocompatibility and low immunogenicity. Here, we investigated …

Mechanistic insight into the disruption of Tau R3–R4 protofibrils by curcumin and epinephrine: An all-atom molecular dynamics study

Y Zou, B Qi, J Tan, Y Sun, Y Gong… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The accumulation of Tau protein aggregates is a pathological hallmark of tauopathy,
including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Inhibiting Tau aggregation or disrupting …