When stiffness matters: mechanosensing in heart development and disease

R Gaetani, EA Zizzi, MA Deriu, U Morbiducci… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
During embryonic morphogenesis, the heart undergoes a complex series of cellular
phenotypic maturations (eg, transition of myocytes from proliferative to quiescent or …

From the light chain sequence to the tissue microenvironment: Contribution of the mesangial cells to glomerular amyloidosis

L Del Pozo-Yauner, EA Turbat-Herrera… - Hemato, 2022 - mdpi.com
Studies carried out in the last three decades have significantly advanced our knowledge
about the structural factors that drive the amyloid aggregation of the immunoglobulin light …

The impact of natural compounds on S-shaped Aβ42 fibril: from molecular docking to biophysical characterization

S Muscat, L Pallante, F Stojceski, A Danani… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The pursuit for effective strategies inhibiting the amyloidogenic process in
neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), remains one of the main …

Fucosterol from Sargassum horridum as an amyloid-beta (Aβ1-42) aggregation inhibitor: in vitro and in silico studies

ES Castro-Silva, M Bello… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The number of patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD) increases each year, and
there are currently few treatment strategies to decrease the symptoms of AD; furthermore …

Probing the fibrillation of lysozyme by nanoscale-infrared spectroscopy

Z Islam, MH Ali, A Popelka, R Mall, E Ullah… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Amyloid fibrillation is the root cause of several neuro as well as non-neurological disorders.
Understanding the molecular basis of amyloid aggregate formation is crucial for deciphering …

Delineating the Role of GxxxG Motif in Amyloidogenesis: A New Perspective in Targeting Amyloid-Beta Mediated AD Pathogenesis

D Sarkar, A Bhunia - ACS Bio & Med Chem Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
The pursuit of a novel structural motif that can shed light on the key functional attributes is a
primary focus in the study of protein folding disorders. Decades of research on Alzheimer's …

Ultrasonic waves effect on S-shaped β-amyloids conformational dynamics by non-equilibrium molecular dynamics

M Miceli, S Muscat, U Morbiducci, M Cavaglia… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Ultrasound-based technologies are widely adopted in the clinical practice. Recently, the
ultrasound stable cavitation has been proposed as a strategy to destabilize amyloid …

The english (H6R) mutation of the Alzheimer's disease amyloid-β peptide modulates its zinc-induced aggregation

SP Radko, SA Khmeleva, DN Kaluzhny, OI Kechko… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The coordination of zinc ions by histidine residues of amyloid-beta peptide (Aβ) plays a
critical role in the zinc-induced Aβ aggregation implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

Investigating potential allostery in the transcription factor CREB

NL Chung - 2020 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are incredibly prevalent in eukaryotic transcription
factors as disorder in structure allows for great flexibility and multi-faceted pathways of signal …

Computational Modeling of the Structure, Function and Dynamics of Biomolecular Systems

Y Kulkarni - 2020 - diva-portal.org
Biomolecular Systems. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the
Faculty of Science and Technology 1885. 72 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis …