It has been hypothesized that alterations in the composition of the gut microbiota might be
associated with the onset of certain human pathologies, such as Alzheimer disease, a …

Eating five servings of fruits and vegetables per day! This is what is highly recommended
and heavily advertised nowadays to the general public to stay fit and healthy! Drinking green …

One of the grand challenges of biophysical chemistry is to understand the principles that
govern protein misfolding and aggregation, which is a highly complex process that is …

The toxicity of amyloid‐forming proteins is correlated with their interactions with cell
membranes. Binding events between amyloidogenic proteins and membranes result in …

X-ray-based analytics are routinely applied in many fields, including physics, chemistry,
materials science, and engineering. The full potential of such techniques in the life sciences …

Amyloids result from the aggregation of a set of diverse proteins, due to either specific
mutations or promoting intra-or extra-cellular conditions. Structurally, they are rich in …

Amyloid aggregation is a hallmark of several degenerative diseases affecting the brain or
peripheral tissues, whose intermediates (oligomers, protofibrils) and final mature fibrils …

Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) forms cytotoxic oligomers and amyloid fibrils in islets in type
2 diabetes (T2DM). The causal factors for amyloid formation are largely unknown …

Polyphenolic compounds are thought to show considerable promise for the treatment of
various metabolic disorders, including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This review …

Diabetes affects hundreds of millions of patients worldwide. Despite the advances in
understanding the disease and therapeutic options, it remains a leading cause of death and …