Amyloid oligomers: A joint experimental/computational perspective on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PH Nguyen, A Ramamoorthy, BR Sahoo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein misfolding and aggregation is observed in many amyloidogenic diseases affecting
either the central nervous system or a variety of peripheral tissues. Structural and dynamic …

Recent advances in extracting phenolic compounds from food and their use in disease prevention and as cosmetics

R Dias, H Oliveira, I Fernandes… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Phenolic compounds in plants are essential components of human nutrition, which provide
various health benefits. However, some missing links became the research in phenolic …

Plant Extracts and Phytochemicals Targeting α-Synuclein Aggregation in Parkinson's Disease Models

H Javed, MF Nagoor Meeran, S Azimullah… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
α-Synuclein (α-syn) is a presynaptic protein that regulates the release of neurotransmitters
from synaptic vesicles in the brain. α-Syn aggregates, including Lewy bodies, are features of …

Curcumin interacts with α-synuclein condensates to inhibit amyloid aggregation under phase separation

B Xu, J Chen, Y Liu - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
The amyloid aggregation of α-synuclein (α-Syn) is highly associated with Parkinson's
disease (PD). Discovering α-Syn amyloid inhibitors is one of the strategies for PD therapies …

Cyclodextrins: Only pharmaceutical excipients or full-fledged drug candidates?

T Kovacs, P Nagy, G Panyi, L Szente, Z Varga… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cyclodextrins, representing a versatile family of cyclic oligosaccharides, have extensive
pharmaceutical applications due to their unique truncated cone-shaped structure with a …

Recent trends and practices toward assessment and rehabilitation of neurodegenerative disorders: Insights from human gait

R Das, S Paul, GK Mourya, N Kumar… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The study of human movement and biomechanics forms an integral part of various clinical
assessments and provides valuable information toward diagnosing neurodegenerative …

The role of cyclodextrins in COVID-19 therapy—a literature review

B Almeida, C Domingues, F Mascarenhas-Melo… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) emerged in December 2019 and quickly spread, giving
rise to a pandemic crisis. Therefore, it triggered tireless efforts to identify the mechanisms of …

Autophagy stimulation as a promising approach in treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

K Pierzynowska, L Gaffke, Z Cyske, M Puchalski… - Metabolic Brain …, 2018 - Springer
Autophagy is a process of degradation of macromolecules in the cytoplasm, particularly
proteins of a long half-life, as well as whole organelles, in eukaryotic cells. Lysosomes play …

Green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-gallate in amyloid aggregation and neurodegenerative diseases

L Fernandes, TR Cardim-Pires, D Foguel… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The accumulation of protein aggregates in human tissues is a hallmark of more than 40
diseases called amyloidoses. In seven of these disorders, the aggregation is associated with …

Cancer chemoprevention by resveratrol: The p53 tumor suppressor protein as a promising molecular target

DC Ferraz da Costa, E Fialho, JL Silva - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Increasing epidemiological and experimental evidence has demonstrated an inverse
relationship between the consumption of plant foods and the incidence of chronic diseases …