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 …

Electron microscopy studies of soft nanomaterials

Z Lyu, L Yao, W Chen, FC Kalutantirige… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This review highlights recent efforts on applying electron microscopy (EM) to soft (including
biological) nanomaterials. We will show how developments of both the hardware and …

Nanotechnology for the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease: A bibliometric analysis

L Li, R He, H Yan, Z Leng, S Zhu, Z Gu - Nano Today, 2022 - Elsevier
As a progressive, irreversible neurodegenerative disease, Alzheimer's disease (AD)
continues to be a serious public health problem worldwide. Currently, the most available …

ZnxMn1–XFe2O4@SiO2:zNd3+ Core–Shell Nanoparticles for Low-Field Magnetic Hyperthermia and Enhanced Photothermal Therapy with the Potential for …

M Vinicius-Araujo, N Shrivastava… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Multifunctional magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) that can generate and monitor heat (in real-
time) during thermal therapy are a major challenge in nanomedicine. Here, we report a …

Liquid–liquid crystalline phase separation in biomolecular solutions

TP Fraccia, G Zanchetta - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) and liquid crystalline (LC) ordering are ubiquitous
phenomena in nature, in a variety of biomolecular solutions. Here, we review instances in …

Seeking regularity from irregularity: Unveiling the synthesis–nanomorphology relationships of heterogeneous nanomaterials using unsupervised machine learning

L Yao, H An, S Zhou, A Kim, E Luijten, Q Chen - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanoscale morphology of functional materials determines their chemical and physical
properties. However, despite increasing use of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to …

Nanomaterial synthesis, an enabler of amyloidosis inhibition against human diseases

N Andrikopoulos, Y Li, L Cecchetto, A Nandakumar… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Amyloid diseases are global epidemics with no cure currently available. In the past decade,
the use of engineered nanomaterials as inhibitors or probes against the pathogenic …

Amyloid Protein Cross-Seeding Provides a New Perspective on Multiple Diseases In Vivo

WY Ge, X Deng, WP Shi, WJ Lin, LL Chen… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Amyloid protein cross-seeding is a peculiar phenomenon of cross-spreading among
different diseases. Unlike traditional infectious ones, diseases caused by amyloid protein …

Liquid-phase electron microscopy imaging of cellular and biomolecular systems

JW Smith, Q Chen - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The ongoing development of liquid-phase electron microscopy methods—in which
specimens are kept fully solvated in the microscope by encapsulation in transparent …

Say no to drugs: Bioactive macromolecular therapeutics without conventional drugs

M Rütter, N Milošević, A David - Journal of Controlled Release, 2021 - Elsevier
The vast majority of nanomedicines (NM) investigated today consists of a macromolecular
carrier and a drug payload (conjugated or encapsulated), with a purpose of preferential …