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 …

Self‐assembled peptide‐based nanomaterials for biomedical imaging and therapy

GB Qi, YJ Gao, L Wang, H Wang - Advanced materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Peptide‐based materials are one of the most important biomaterials, with diverse structures
and functionalities. Over the past few decades, a self‐assembly strategy is introduced to …

[HTML][HTML] Brazilin inhibits amyloid β-protein fibrillogenesis, remodels amyloid fibrils and reduces amyloid cytotoxicity

WJ Du, JJ Guo, MT Gao, SQ Hu, XY Dong, YF Han… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Soluble amyloid β-protein (Aβ) oligomers, the main neurotoxic species, are predominantly
formed from monomers through a fibril-catalyzed secondary nucleation. Herein, we virtually …

[HTML][HTML] Synthetic peptides as protein mimics

A Groß, C Hashimoto, H Sticht, J Eichler - Frontiers in bioengineering …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The design and generation of molecules capable of mimicking the binding and/or functional
sites of proteins represents a promising strategy for the exploration and modulation of …

In situ peptide self-assembly on ionic nanochannel for dynamic monitoring of MMPs in extracellular matrix

L Wang, H Li, L Shi, L Li, F Jia, T Gao, G Li - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2022 - Elsevier
The extracellular matrix (ECM) of tumor mediates malignant transformation and distant
metastasis with extracellular proteinases, especially the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) …

[HTML][HTML] Target-driven supramolecular self-assembly for selective amyloid-β photooxygenation against Alzheimer's disease

Z Liu, M Ma, D Yu, J Ren, X Qu - Chemical science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Photo-oxygenation of β-amyloid (Aβ) has been considered an efficient way to inhibit Aβ
aggregation in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, current photosensitizers cannot …

Geobacter sulfurreducens pili support ohmic electronic conduction in aqueous solution

NL Ing, TD Nusca, AI Hochbaum - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens is a model biological catalyst in microbial
electrochemical devices. G. sulfurreducens forms electrically conductive, electrode …

X-ray crystallographic structure of oligomers formed by a toxic β-hairpin derived from α-synuclein: trimers and higher-order oligomers

PJ Salveson, RK Spencer… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Oligomeric assemblies of the protein α-synuclein are thought to cause neurodegeneration in
Parkinson's disease and related synucleinopathies. Characterization of α-synuclein …

Bio-inspired metal ions regulate the structure evolution of self-assembled peptide-based nanoparticles

AP Xu, PP Yang, C Yang, YJ Gao, XX Zhao, Q Luo… - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
We report an assembly and transformation process of a supramolecular module, BP-KLVFF-
RGD (BKR) in solution and on specific living cell surfaces for imaging and treatment. The …

[HTML][HTML] Somatostatin binds to the human amyloid β peptide and favors the formation of distinct oligomers

H Wang, LD Muiznieks, P Ghosh, D Williams… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
The amyloid β peptide (Aβ) is a key player in the etiology of Alzheimer disease (AD), yet a
systematic investigation of its molecular interactions has not been reported. Here we …