The metal ion hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease and the anti-neuroinflammatory effect of metal chelators

LL Chen, YG Fan, LX Zhao, Q Zhang, ZY Wang - Bioorganic chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), characterized by the β-amyloid protein (Aβ) deposition
and tau hyperphosphorylation, is the most common dementia with uncertain etiology. The …

[HTML][HTML] Multifaceted neuroprotective effects of (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) in Alzheimer's disease: An overview of pre-clinical studies focused on β-amyloid …

K Youn, CT Ho, M Jun - Food Science and Human Wellness, 2022 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease characterized by
cognitive decline and memory impairment. Many lines of evidence indicate that excessive β …

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 …

Thermoresponsive in situ gel of curcumin loaded solid lipid nanoparticle: design, optimization and in vitro characterization

M Agrawal, M Pradhan, G Singhvi, R Patel… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Owing to the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, amyloid inhibition, and neuroprotective potency,
curcumin proved as an excellent herbal bioactive to treat AD. However, poor solubility …

Curcumin: A small molecule with big functionality against amyloid aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases and type 2 diabetes

S Radbakhsh, GE Barreto, AR Bland, A Sahebkar - Biofactors, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Amyloidosis is a concept that implicates disorders and complications that are due to
abnormal protein accumulation in different cells and tissues. Protein aggregation …

Insights into molecular mechanisms of EGCG and apigenin on disrupting amyloid-beta protofibrils based on molecular dynamics simulations

M Fang, Q Zhang, P Guan, K Su… - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The fibrillization and deposition of amyloid-beta (Aβ) protofibrils are one of the important
factors leading to Alzheimer's disease. Molecular dynamics simulations can offer information …

Illustrating the effect of small molecules derived from natural resources on amyloid peptides

R Roy, S Paul - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2023 - ACS Publications
The onset of amyloidogenic diseases is associated with the misfolding and aggregation of
proteins. Despite extensive research, no effective therapeutics are yet available to treat …

The destructive mechanism of Aβ 1–42 protofibrils by norepinephrine revealed via molecular dynamics simulations

D Gao, J Wan, Y Zou, Y Gong, X Dong, Z Xu… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Amyloid-β (Aβ) fibrillary plaques represent the main hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD),
in addition to tau neurofibrillary tangles. Disrupting early-formed Aβ protofibrils is considered …

Computational insights into the binding of monolayer-capped gold nanoparticles onto Amyloid-β fibrils

F Tavanti, A Pedone, MC Menziani… - ACS Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Amyloids-β (Aβ) fibrils are involved in several neurodegenerative diseases. In this study,
atomistic molecular dynamics simulations have been used to investigate how monolayer …

Disclosing the Interaction of Gold Nanoparticles with Aβ (1–40) Monomers through Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics Simulations

F Tavanti, A Pedone, MC Menziani - International Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Amyloid-β aggregation is one of the principal causes of amyloidogenic diseases that lead to
the loss of neuronal cells and to cognitive impairments. The use of gold nanoparticles …