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 …

Targeting the dimerization of the main protease of coronaviruses: a potential broad-spectrum therapeutic strategy

B Goyal, D Goyal - ACS combinatorial science, 2020 - ACS Publications
A new coronavirus (CoV) caused a pandemic named COVID-19, which has become a
global health care emergency in the present time. The virus is referred to as SARS-CoV-2 …

Current strategies for modulating Aβ aggregation with multifunctional agents

Z Du, M Li, J Ren, X Qu - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Alzheimer's disease (AD), as the primary cause of dementia, has seriously
affected millions of people worldwide and brought a very heavy financial and social burden …

[HTML][HTML] Insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus in Alzheimer's disease

J Burillo, P Marqués, B Jiménez, C González-Blanco… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a progressive disease that is characterized by the appearance of
insulin resistance. The term insulin resistance is very wide and could affect different proteins …

[HTML][HTML] Designed peptides as nanomolar cross-amyloid inhibitors acting via supramolecular nanofiber co-assembly

K Taş, BD Volta, C Lindner, O El Bounkari… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Amyloid self-assembly is linked to numerous devastating cell-degenerative diseases.
However, designing inhibitors of this pathogenic process remains a major challenge. Cross …

[HTML][HTML] Islet amyloid polypeptide: a partner in crime with Aβ in the pathology of alzheimer's disease

AF Raimundo, S Ferreira, IC Martins… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Diabetes affects hundreds of millions of patients worldwide. Despite the advances in
understanding the disease and therapeutic options, it remains a leading cause of death and …

[HTML][HTML] Functional bacterial amyloids: understanding fibrillation, regulating biofilm fibril formation and organizing surface assemblies

TV Sønderby, Z Najarzadeh, DE Otzen - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Functional amyloid is produced by many organisms but is particularly well understood in
bacteria, where proteins such as CsgA (E. coli) and FapC (Pseudomonas) are assembled as …

A comprehensive insight into the mechanisms of dopamine in disrupting Aβ protofibrils and inhibiting Aβ aggregation

Y Chen, X Li, C Zhan, Z Lao, F Li… - ACS Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Fibrillary aggregates of amyloid-β (Aβ) are the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease
(AD). Clearing Aβ deposition or inhibiting Aβ aggregation is a promising approach to treat …

β-Bracelets: Macrocyclic Cross-β Epitope Mimics Based on a Tau Conformational Strain

BH Rajewski, KM Makwana, IJ Angera… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The aggregation of misfolded tau into neurotoxic fibrils is linked to the progression of
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related tauopathies. Disease-associated conformations of …

Cyclic derivative of host-defense peptide IDR-1018 improves proteolytic stability, suppresses inflammation, and enhances in vivo activity

H Etayash, D Pletzer, P Kumar, SK Straus… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Host-defense peptides have drawn significant attention as new drugs or drug adjuvants to
combat multidrug-resistant bacteria. In this study, we report the development of cyclic …