Implications of peptide assemblies in amyloid diseases

PC Ke, MA Sani, F Ding, A Kakinen, I Javed… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Neurodegenerative disorders and type 2 diabetes are global epidemics compromising the
quality of life of millions worldwide, with profound social and economic implications. Despite …

C-peptide replacement therapy as an emerging strategy for preventing diabetic vasculopathy

MP Bhatt, YC Lim, KS Ha - Cardiovascular research, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Lack of C-peptide, along with insulin, is the main feature of Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM)
and is also observed in progressive β-cell loss in later stage of Type 2 DM. Therapeutic …

The intramolecular chaperone-mediated protein folding

YJ Chen, M Inouye - Current opinion in structural biology, 2008 - Elsevier
Some proteins have evolved to contain a specific sequence as an intramolecular
chaperone, which is essential for protein folding but not required for protein function, as it is …

Novel nano-insulin formulation modulates cytokine secretion and remodeling to accelerate diabetic wound healing

P Kaur, AK Sharma, D Nag, A Das, S Datta… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Little is known about insulin's wound healing capability in normal as well as diabetic
conditions. We here report specific interaction of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) with insulin by …

Insulin Promotes Wound Healing by Inactivating NFkβP50/P65 and Activating Protein and Lipid Biosynthesis and alternating Pro/Anti-inflammatory Cytokines …

P Kaur, D Choudhury - Biomolecular Concepts, 2019 - degruyter.com
Four hundred and twenty-two million people have diabetes due to excess free body glucose
in their body fluids. Diabetes leads to various problems including retinopathy, neuropathy …

Proinsulin C-peptide elicits disaggregation of insulin resulting in enhanced physiological insulin effects

J Shafqat, E Melles, K Sigmundsson… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2006 - Springer
Using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and electrospray mass spectrometry (ESI-MS),
proinsulin C-peptide was found to influence insulin-insulin interactions. In SPR with chip …

A brief atlas of insulin

E Ayan, H DeMirci - Current Diabetes Reviews, 2023 - benthamdirect.com
Insulin is an essential factor for mammalian organisms: a regulator of glucose metabolism
and other key signaling pathways. Insulin is also a multifunctional hormone whose absence …

[HTML][HTML] Dissecting the role of glutamine in seeding peptide aggregation

EE Barrera, F Zonta, S Pantano - Computational and Structural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Poly glutamine and glutamine-rich peptides play a central role in a plethora of pathological
aggregation events. However, biophysical characterization of soluble oligomers-the most …

Biological activity versus physiological function of proinsulin C-peptide

M Landreh, H Jörnvall - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Proinsulin C-peptide (C-peptide) has drawn much research attention. Even if the peptide
has turned out not to be important in the treatment of diabetes, every phase of C-peptide …

Proinflammatory effects of C‐peptide in different tissues

D Vasic, D Walcher - International journal of inflammation, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Atherosclerosis is well known as an inflammatory disease that can lead to clinical
complications such as heart attack or stroke. C‐peptide as a cleavage product of proinsulin …