Copper homeostasis and cuproptosis in health and disease

L Chen, J Min, F Wang - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2022 - nature.com
As an essential micronutrient, copper is required for a wide range of physiological processes
in virtually all cell types. Because the accumulation of intracellular copper can induce …

The essential elements of Alzheimer's disease

P Lei, S Ayton, AI Bush - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
Treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD) directed against the prominent amyloid plaque
neuropathology are yet to be proved effective despite many phase 3 clinical trials. There are …

Development of multifunctional molecules as potential therapeutic candidates for Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the …

MG Savelieff, G Nam, J Kang, HJ Lee, M Lee… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Neurodegenerative diseases pose a substantial socioeconomic burden on society.
Unfortunately, the aging world population and lack of effective cures foreshadow a negative …

[HTML][HTML] Degradation of proteins by PROTACs and other strategies

Y Wang, X Jiang, F Feng, W Liu, H Sun - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2020 - Elsevier
Blocking the biological functions of scaffold proteins and aggregated proteins is a
challenging goal. PROTAC proteolysis-targeting chimaera (PROTAC) technology may be …

Biological metals and metal-targeting compounds in major neurodegenerative diseases

KJ Barnham, AI Bush - Chemical Society Reviews, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Multiple abnormalities occur in the homeostasis of essential endogenous brain biometals in
age-related neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease …

Metallostasis in Alzheimer's disease

S Ayton, P Lei, AI Bush - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract 2012 has been another year in which multiple large-scale clinical trials for
Alzheimer's disease (AD) have failed to meet their clinical endpoints. With the social and …

The chemistry of Alzheimer's disease

A Rauk - Chemical Society Reviews, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
The chemistry of Alzheimer’s disease - Chemical Society Reviews (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/B807980N
Royal Society of Chemistry View PDF VersionPrevious ArticleNext Article DOI: 10.1039/B807980N …

Role of copper in the onset of Alzheimer's disease compared to other metals

S Bagheri, R Squitti, T Haertlé, M Siotto… - Frontiers in aging …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized by amyloid
plaques in patients' brain tissue. The plaques are mainly made of β-amyloid peptides and …

Copper toxicity links to pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and therapeutics approaches

HW Ejaz, W Wang, M Lang - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an irreversible, age-related progressive neurological disorder,
and the most common type of dementia in aged people. Neuropathological lesions of AD …

Misfolded proteins in Alzheimer's disease and type II diabetes

AS DeToma, S Salamekh, A Ramamoorthy… - Chemical Society …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
This tutorial review presents descriptions of two amyloidogenic proteins, amyloid-β (Aβ)
peptides and islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP), whose misfolding propensities are implicated …