Protein misfolding, aggregation and mechanism of amyloid cytotoxicity: An overview and therapeutic strategies to inhibit aggregation

M Zaman, AN Khan, SM Zakariya, RH Khan - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Protein and peptides are converted from their soluble forms into highly ordered fibrillar
aggregates under various conditions inside the cell. Such transitions confer diverse …

The use of bioactive compounds in hyperglycemia-and amyloid fibrils-induced toxicity in type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease

AV Lupaescu, M Iavorschi, M Covasa - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
It has become increasingly apparent that defective insulin signaling may increase the risk for
developing Alzheimer's disease (AD), influence neurodegeneration through promotion of …

Inhibition of amyloid fibril formation of lysozyme by ascorbic acid and a probable mechanism of action

P Patel, K Parmar, D Patel, S Kumar, M Trivedi… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Amyloid fibrillation of proteins and polypeptides and their deposition in cells and tissues is
associated with a number of pathological states collectively known as amyloid disorders …

Insulin fibrillation: Strategies for inhibition

M Qafary, F Rashno, K Khajeh, M Khaledi… - Progress in Biophysics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Insulin and its homologous are the most utilized protein drugs due to their role in diabetic
patients' treatment. Insulin forms amyloid-like fibrils in vivo at the injection site. Therefore, the …

Bifunctional carbon dots for cell imaging and inhibition of human insulin fibrillation in the whole aggregation process

BB Wang, YY Wang, XY Zhang, ZQ Xu, P Jiang… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the favorable stability, water solubility and good biocompatibility, carbon dots have
attracted much attention. Herein, a novel nitrogen-doping bifunctional carbon dots (N-BCDs) …

The Strategies of Development of New Non-Toxic Inhibitors of Amyloid Formation

OV Galzitskaya, SY Grishin, AV Glyakina… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, due to the aging of the population and the development of diagnostic
medicine, the number of identified diseases associated with the accumulation of amyloid …

Amyloidophilic molecule interactions on the surface of insulin fibrils: cooperative binding and fluorescence quenching

M Ziaunys, K Mikalauskaite, V Smirnovas - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Protein aggregation into insoluble fibrillar aggregates is linked to several neurodegenerative
disorders, such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease. Commonly used methods to study …

Preheat-stabilized pea proteins with anti-aggregation properties

C Wu, J Wang, W Ma, Y Cai, T Wang - International journal of biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solution stability of food proteins is a crucial factor determining their shelf-life and sensory
properties; yet to obtain stable protein products such as beverages is generally challenged …

Endotoxin accelerates insulin amyloid formation and inactivates insulin signal transduction

QY Meng, ZX Lu, LX Liu, XZ Lu, WG Yu - Life Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Aims and objectives The aim of this study is to discuss the influence of endotoxin on insulin
amyloid formation, to provide guidance for therapeutic insulin preparation and storage …

De Novo designed 13 mer hairpin-peptide arrests insulin and inhibits its aggregation: role of OH–π interactions between water and hydrophobic amino acids

M Mukherjee, N Banerjee, S Chatterjee - RSC advances, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Background: Protein aggregation in the cellular systems can be highly fatal causing a series
of diseases including neurodegenerative diseases like ALS, Alzheimer, Prion Diseases …