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 …

Role of gut microbiota and nutrients in amyloid formation and pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease

F Pistollato, S Sumalla Cano, I Elio… - Nutrition …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
It has been hypothesized that alterations in the composition of the gut microbiota might be
associated with the onset of certain human pathologies, such as Alzheimer disease, a …

Proteostasis of islet amyloid polypeptide: a molecular perspective of risk factors and protective strategies for type II diabetes

D Milardi, E Gazit, SE Radford, Y Xu… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The possible link between hIAPP accumulation and β-cell death in diabetic patients has
inspired numerous studies focusing on amyloid structures and aggregation pathways of this …

Implications of peptide assemblies in amyloid diseases

PC Ke, MA Sani, F Ding, A Kakinen, I Javed… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Neurodegenerative disorders and type 2 diabetes are global epidemics compromising the
quality of life of millions worldwide, with profound social and economic implications. Despite …

Phytochemicals as anti-inflammatory agents in animal models of prevalent inflammatory diseases

SA Shin, BJ Joo, JS Lee, G Ryu, M Han, WY Kim… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Phytochemicals are known to have anti-inflammatory effects in vitro and in vivo, such as in
inflammatory disease model systems. Inflammation is an essential immune response to …

Inhibition of protein misfolding and aggregation by natural phenolic compounds

Z Dhouafli, K Cuanalo-Contreras, EA Hayouni… - Cellular and molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Protein misfolding and aggregation into fibrillar deposits is a common feature of a large
group of degenerative diseases affecting the central nervous system or peripheral organs …

[HTML][HTML] Amyloid growth and membrane damage: Current themes and emerging perspectives from theory and experiments on Aβ and hIAPP

MFM Sciacca, C Tempra, F Scollo, D Milardi… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2018 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are two incurable diseases
both hallmarked by an abnormal deposition of the amyloidogenic peptides Aβ and Islet …

Islet amyloid polypeptide: a partner in crime with Aβ in the pathology of alzheimer's disease

AF Raimundo, S Ferreira, IC Martins… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Diabetes affects hundreds of millions of patients worldwide. Despite the advances in
understanding the disease and therapeutic options, it remains a leading cause of death and …

Inhibition of IAPP aggregation and toxicity by natural products and derivatives

A Pithadia, JR Brender, CA Fierke… - Journal of diabetes …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Fibrillar aggregates of human islet amyloid polypeptide, hIAPP, a pathological feature seen
in some diabetes patients, are a likely causative agent for pancreatic beta‐cell toxicity …

[HTML][HTML] Diabetes and Alzheimer's disease: might mitochondrial dysfunction help deciphering the common path?

MA Potenza, L Sgarra, V Desantis, C Nacci… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
A growing number of clinical and epidemiological studies support the hypothesis of a tight
correlation between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and the development risk of …