Journey on naphthoquinone and anthraquinone derivatives: new insights in Alzheimer's disease

M Campora, V Francesconi, S Schenone, B Tasso… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that is characterized
by memory loss, cognitive impairment, and functional decline leading to dementia and …

Protein misfolding and related human diseases: A comprehensive review of toxicity, proteins involved, and current therapeutic strategies

AN Khan, RH Khan - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2022 - Elsevier
Most of the cell's chemical reactions and structural components are facilitated by proteins.
But proteins are highly dynamic molecules, where numerous modifications or changes in the …

Altered succinylation of mitochondrial proteins, APP and tau in Alzheimer's disease

Y Yang, V Tapias, D Acosta, H Xu, H Chen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abnormalities in brain glucose metabolism and accumulation of abnormal protein deposits
called plaques and tangles are neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

Purpurin modulates Tau-derived VQIVYK fibrillization and ameliorates Alzheimer's disease-like symptoms in animal model

GK Viswanathan, D Shwartz, Y Losev, E Arad… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Neurofibrillary tangles of the Tau protein and plaques of the amyloid β peptide are hallmarks
of Alzheimer's disease (AD), which is characterized by the conversion of monomeric …

Aggregated Tau-PHF6 (VQIVYK) potentiates NLRP3 inflammasome expression and autophagy in human microglial cells

C Panda, C Voelz, P Habib, C Mevissen, T Pufe… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Intra-neuronal misfolding of monomeric tau protein to toxic β-sheet rich neurofibrillary
tangles is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Tau pathology correlates not only with …

Small molecule modulators of alpha-synuclein aggregation and toxicity: Pioneering an emerging arsenal against Parkinson's disease

IA Ahanger, TA Dar - Ageing Research Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is primarily characterized by loss of dopaminergic neurons in the
substantia nigra pars compacta region of the brain and accumulation of aggregated forms of …

Tryptophan-galactosylamine conjugates inhibit and disaggregate amyloid fibrils of Aβ42 and hIAPP peptides while reducing their toxicity

A Paul, M Frenkel-Pinter, D Escobar Alvarez… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Self-assembly of proteins into amyloid fibrils is a hallmark of various diseases, including
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Type-2 diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). Aggregation of specific …

Amyloid Disassembly: What Can We Learn from Chaperones?

ZL Almeida, RMM Brito - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Protein aggregation and subsequent accumulation of insoluble amyloid fibrils with cross-β
structure is an intrinsic characteristic of amyloid diseases, ie, amyloidoses. Amyloid …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms of amyloid disaggregation

KJY Low, A Venkatraman, JS Mehta… - Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Protein aggregation and deposition of uniformly arranged amyloid fibrils in the
form of plaques or amorphous aggregates is characteristic of amyloid diseases. The …

[HTML][HTML] Hybrid molecules synergistically mitigate ferroptosis and amyloid-associated toxicities in Alzheimer's disease

D Padhi, P Baruah, M Ramesh, H Moorthy… - Redox Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the build-up of
extracellular amyloid β (Aβ) plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) …