Protein misfolding and related human diseases: A comprehensive review of toxicity, proteins involved, and current therapeutic strategies

AN Khan, RH Khan - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2022 - Elsevier
Most of the cell's chemical reactions and structural components are facilitated by proteins.
But proteins are highly dynamic molecules, where numerous modifications or changes in the …

Targeting Inflammation and Gut Microbiota with Antibacterial Therapy: Implications for Central Nervous System Health

J Wei, C Liu, D Qin, F Ren, J Duan, T Chen… - Ageing Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
The complex symbiotic relationship between inflammation, the gut microbiota, and the
central nervous system (CNS) has become a pivotal focus of contemporary biomedical …

Exploring Cimetidine as a Potential Therapeutic Attenuator against Amyloid Formation in Parkinson's Disease: Spectroscopic and Microscopic Insights into Alpha …

MN Hassan, A Ahmad, M Hussain… - ACS Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Neurodegenerative diseases, notably Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, hallmark their
progression through the formation of amyloid aggregates resulting from misfolding. While …

Tetrahydrofolic acid accelerates amyloid fibrillization, decreases cytotoxic oligomers and suppresses their toxicity

W Wang, X Wu, Q Zhang, T Zhang, L Jiang, L Qu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Soluble cytotoxic oligomers produced during the fibrillation of both α-synuclein (αS) and
amyloid-β protein (Aβ) are key pathogenic factors in Parkinson's disease (PD) and …

[PDF][PDF] Benefit and safety of antibiotics for Alzheimer's disease: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

L Gao, Y Shuai, L Wen, H Zhang, Y Zhang, X Zhang - Medicine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an age-related degenerative change of the central
nervous system, the cause of which remains unclear. Recent studies have found that brain …

Natural compound plumbagin based inhibition of hIAPP revealed by Markov state models based on MD data along with experimental validations

F Nabi, O Ahmad, A Khan, MN Hassan… - Proteins: Structure …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Human islet amyloid polypeptide (amylin or hIAPP) is a 37 residue hormone co‐secreted
with insulin from β cells of the pancreas. In patients suffering from type‐2 diabetes, amylin …

Perturbations in microbiota composition as a novel mediator in neuropsychiatric, neurological and mental disorders: preventive and therapeutic complementary …

MT Moghadam, AA Ramírez-Coronel… - Current Alzheimer …, 2023 - benthamdirect.com
Although microbiology and neurology are separate disciplines, they are linked to some
infectious and neurological diseases. Today, microbiome is considered as one of the …

Small molecule inhibits BACE1 activity by a dual mechanism confirmed by simulations-based study

F Nabi, O Ahmad, A Fatima, A Ahmad… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive and largely incurable neurodegenerative disorder
that affects millions of people worldwide. It is characterised by the accumulation of amyloid …

Doxorubicin as a Drug Repurposing for Disruption of α-Chymotrypsinogen-A Aggregates

NK Ansari, HS Khan, A Naeem - The Protein Journal, 2024 - Springer
Protein conformation is affected by interaction of several small molecules resulting either
stabilization or disruption depending on the nature of the molecules. In our earlier …