Insulin fibrillation: toward strategies for attenuating the process

M Akbarian, R Yousefi, F Farjadian… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Dark days for diabetic patients were transformed into an era of hope when the therapeutic
usage of insulin was discovered. However, those initial glory days changed to being …

Amyloid fibrillation of insulin: amelioration strategies and implications for translation

MHA Fagihi, S Bhattacharjee - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Insulin is a therapeutically relevant molecule with use in treating diabetes patients.
Unfortunately, it undergoes a range of untoward and often unpredictable physical …

Characterization of insulin-loaded alginate nanoparticles produced by ionotropic pre-gelation through DSC and FTIR studies

B Sarmento, D Ferreira, F Veiga, A Ribeiro - Carbohydrate polymers, 2006 - Elsevier
Insulin-loaded nanoparticles were prepared by ionotropic pre-gelation of alginate with
calcium chloride followed by complexation between alginate and chitosan. The influence of …

Development and comparison of different nanoparticulate polyelectrolyte complexes as insulin carriers

B Sarmento, S Martins, A Ribeiro, F Veiga… - International Journal of …, 2006 - Springer
The overall objective of our research is to produce polyanion/chitosan nanoparticulate oral
delivery systems for insulin. Specific objectives of the present study were to study dextran …

Insights on protein thermal stability: a graph representation of molecular interactions

M Miotto, PP Olimpieri, L Di Rienzo, F Ambrosetti… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Motivation Understanding the molecular mechanisms of thermal stability is a challenge in
protein biology. Indeed, knowing the temperature at which proteins are stable has important …

Halloysite nanotubes for efficient loading, stabilization and controlled release of insulin

M Massaro, G Cavallaro, CG Colletti, G D'Azzo… - Journal of colloid and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hypothesis: Oral insulin administration is not actually effective due to insulin rapid
degradation, inactivation and digestion by proteolytic enzymes which results in low …

Heat-stability study of various insulin types in tropical temperature conditions: new insights towards improving diabetes care

B Kaufmann, P Boulle, F Berthou, M Fournier… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Strict storage recommendations for insulin are difficult to follow in hot tropical regions and
even more challenging in conflict and humanitarian emergency settings, adding an extra …

Metal‐Organic Framework Encapsulation Preserves the Bioactivity of Protein Therapeutics

C Wang, G Sudlow, Z Wang, S Cao… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Protein therapeutics are prone to lose their structure and bioactivity under various
environmental stressors. This study reports a facile approach using a nanoporous material …

Effect of mucoadhesive polymers on the in vitro performance of insulin-loaded silica nanoparticles: Interactions with mucin and biomembrane models

T Andreani, L Miziara, EN Lorenzón… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
The present paper focuses on the development and characterization of silica nanoparticles
(SiNP) coated with hydrophilic polymers as mucoadhesive carriers for oral administration of …

Tyrosine autofluorescence as a measure of bovine insulin fibrillation

IB Bekard, DE Dunstan - Biophysical journal, 2009 - cell.com
The traditional approach to investigating the partial unfolding and fibrillation of insulin, and
proteins at large, has involved use of the dyes 1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulphonic acid (ANS) …