TLR2 and TLR4 in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis: The environment takes a toll on the gut

AM Gorecki, CC Anyaegbu, RS Anderton - Translational …, 2021 - Springer
Parkinson's disease (PD) is an incurable, devastating disorder that is characterized by
pathological protein aggregation and neurodegeneration in the substantia nigra. In recent …

Alzheimer's disease: Molecular aspects and treatment opportunities using herbal drugs

S Thakral, A Yadav, V Singh, M Kumar, P Kumar… - Ageing Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), also called senile dementia, is the most common
neurological disorder. Around 50 million people, mostly of advanced age, are suffering from …

Impact of selenium on biomarkers and clinical aspects related to ageing. A review

U Alehagen, TB Opstad, J Alexander, A Larsson… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Selenium (Se) is an essential dietary trace element that plays an important role in the
prevention of inflammation, cardiovascular diseases, infections, and cancer. Selenoproteins …

Rational design of functional amyloid fibrillar assemblies

X Wang, S Zhang, J Zhang, Y Wang, X Jiang… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Amyloid fibrillar assemblies, originally identified as pathological entities in
neurodegenerative diseases, have been widely adopted by various proteins to fulfill diverse …

Environmental factors modulating protein conformations and their role in protein aggregation diseases

S Devi, M Chaturvedi, S Fatima, S Priya - Toxicology, 2022 - Elsevier
The adverse physiological conditions have been long known to impact protein synthesis,
folding and functionality. Major physiological factors such as the effect of pH, temperature …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Amyloid dye pairs as spectral sensors for enhanced detection and differentiation of misfolded proteins

AA Stepanchuk, PK Stys - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Protein misfolding with subsequent formation of cross-β-sheet-rich fibrils is a well-known
pathological hallmark of various neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer's …

A comparative study between lycorine and galantamine abilities to interact with AMYLOID β and reduce in vitro neurotoxicity

A Kola, S Lamponi, F Currò, D Valensin - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Galantamine is a natural alkaloid extracted from the Amaryllidaceae plants and is used as
the active ingredient of a drug approved for the treatment of the early stages of Alzheimer's …

Zinc as a Drug for Wilson's disease, non-alcoholic liver disease and COVID-19-related liver injury

P Coni, G Pichiri, JI Lachowicz, A Ravarino, F Ledda… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Zinc is the second most abundant trace element in the human body, and it plays a
fundamental role in human physiology, being an integral component of hundreds of …

How toll-like receptors influence Parkinson's disease in the microbiome–gut–brain axis

Z Zhang, Z Liu, A Lv, C Fan - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Recently, a large number of experimenters have found that the pathogenesis of Parkinson's
disease may be related to the gut microbiome and proposed the microbiome–gut–brain axis …