Curcumin attenuates amyloid-β aggregate toxicity and modulates amyloid-β aggregation pathway

A Thapa, SD Jett, EY Chi - ACS chemical neuroscience, 2016 - ACS Publications
The abnormal misfolding and aggregation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides into β-sheet enriched
insoluble deposits initiates a cascade of events leading to pathological processes and …

Curcumin inhibits formation of amyloid β oligomers and fibrils, binds plaques, and reduces amyloid in vivo

F Yang, GP Lim, AN Begum, OJ Ubeda… - Journal of Biological …, 2005 - ASBMB
Alzheimer's disease (AD) involves amyloid β (Aβ) accumulation, oxidative damage, and
inflammation, and risk is reduced with increased antioxidant and anti-inflammatory …

A chemical analog of curcumin as an improved inhibitor of amyloid Abeta oligomerization

RA Orlando, AM Gonzales, RE Royer, LM Deck… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Amyloid-like plaques are characteristic lesions defining the neuropathology of Alzheimer's
disease (AD). The size and density of these plaques are closely associated with cognitive …

Tetrahydrocurcumin confers protection against amyloid β-induced toxicity

S Mishra, M Mishra, P Seth, SK Sharma - Neuroreport, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease.
Amyloid β, a primary component of the amyloid plaques, is neurotoxic. Considerable …

Curcumin labels amyloid pathology in vivo, disrupts existing plaques, and partially restores distorted neurites in an Alzheimer mouse model

M Garcia‐Alloza, LA Borrelli, A Rozkalne… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by senile plaques and neurodegeneration
although the neurotoxic mechanisms have not been completely elucidated. It is clear that …

Membrane-mediated neuroprotection by curcumin from amyloid-β-peptide-induced toxicity

A Thapa, BC Vernon, K De la Pena, G Soliz… - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
Amyloid-β peptide (Aβ)–membrane interactions have been implicated in the formation of
toxic oligomers that permeabilize membranes, allowing an influx of calcium ions and …

Curcumin decreases amyloid-β peptide levels by attenuating the maturation of amyloid-β precursor protein

C Zhang, A Browne, D Child, RE Tanzi - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2010 - ASBMB
Alzheimer disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease with no cure. The
pathogenesis of AD is believed to be driven primarily by amyloid-β (Aβ), the principal …

Free and nanoencapsulated curcumin suppress β-amyloid-induced cognitive impairments in rats: involvement of BDNF and Akt/GSK-3β signaling pathway

JB Hoppe, K Coradini, RL Frozza, CM Oliveira… - Neurobiology of learning …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), a neurodegenerative disorder exhibiting progressive loss
of memory and cognitive functions, is characterized by the presence of neuritic plaques …

Curcumin: A small molecule with big functionality against amyloid aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases and type 2 diabetes

S Radbakhsh, GE Barreto, AR Bland, A Sahebkar - Biofactors, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Amyloidosis is a concept that implicates disorders and complications that are due to
abnormal protein accumulation in different cells and tissues. Protein aggregation …

Solid lipid curcumin particles provide greater anti-amyloid, anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects than curcumin in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's …

P Maiti, L Paladugu, GL Dunbar - BMC neuroscience, 2018 - Springer
Background Neuroinflammation and the presence of amyloid beta protein (Aβ) and
neurofibrillary tangles are key pathologies in Alzheimer's disease (AD). As a potent anti …