Protein misfolding and aggregation in cataract disease and prospects for prevention

KL Moreau, JA King - Trends in molecular medicine, 2012‏ - cell.com
The transparency of the eye lens depends on maintaining the native tertiary structures and
solubility of the lens crystallin proteins over a lifetime. Cataract, the leading cause of …

Ocular delivery of proteins and peptides: Challenges and novel formulation approaches

A Mandal, D Pal, V Agrahari, HM Trinh… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The impact of proteins and peptides on the treatment of various conditions including ocular
diseases over the past few decades has been advanced by substantial breakthroughs in …

Overcoming the crystallization and designability issues in the ultrastable zirconium phosphonate framework system

T Zheng, Z Yang, D Gui, Z Liu, X Wang, X Dai… - Nature …, 2017‏ - nature.com
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based on zirconium phosphonates exhibit superior
chemical stability suitable for applications under harsh conditions. These compounds mostly …

Stimuli-responsive, pentapeptide, nanofiber hydrogel for tissue engineering

JD Tang, C Mura, KJ Lampe - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Short peptides are uniquely versatile building blocks for self-assembly. Supramolecular
peptide assemblies can be used to construct functional hydrogel biomaterials—an attractive …

Weak interactions govern the viscosity of concentrated antibody solutions: high-throughput analysis using the diffusion interaction parameter

BD Connolly, C Petry, S Yadav, B Demeule, N Ciaccio… - Biophysical journal, 2012‏ - cell.com
Weak protein-protein interactions are thought to modulate the viscoelastic properties of
concentrated antibody solutions. Predicting the viscoelastic behavior of concentrated …

Biophysics of protein evolution and evolutionary protein biophysics

T Sikosek, HS Chan - Journal of The Royal Society …, 2014‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
The study of molecular evolution at the level of protein-coding genes often entails comparing
large datasets of sequences to infer their evolutionary relationships. Despite the importance …

Cataract

D Lam, SK Rao, V Ratra, Y Liu, P Mitchell… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2015‏ - nature.com
Cataract is the leading cause of reversible blindness and visual impairment globally.
Blindness from cataract is more common in populations with low socioeconomic status and …

Protein corona mitigates the cytotoxicity of graphene oxide by reducing its physical interaction with cell membrane

G Duan, S Kang, X Tian, JA Garate, L Zhao, C Ge… - Nanoscale, 2015‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Many recent studies have shown that the way nanoparticles interact with cells and biological
molecules can vary greatly in the serum-containing or serum-free culture medium. However …

Graphene-induced pore formation on cell membranes

G Duan, Y Zhang, B Luan, JK Weber, RW Zhou… - Scientific Reports, 2017‏ - nature.com
Examining interactions between nanomaterials and cell membranes can expose underlying
mechanisms of nanomaterial cytotoxicity and guide the design of safer nanomedical …

PKM2 aggregation drives metabolism reprograming during aging process

J Bie, R Li, Y Li, C Song, Z Chen, T Zhang… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
While protein aggregation's association with aging and age-related diseases is well-
established, the specific proteins involved and whether dissolving them could alleviate …