High performance plasma amyloid-β biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease

A Nakamura, N Kaneko, VL Villemagne, T Kato… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
To facilitate clinical trials of disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer's disease, which are
expected to be most efficacious at the earliest and mildest stages of the disease,, supportive …

Multifunctional nanoliposomes with curcumin–lipid derivative and brain targeting functionality with potential applications for Alzheimer disease

S Mourtas, AN Lazar, E Markoutsa… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
With the objective to formulate multifunctional nanosized liposomes to target amyloid
deposits in Alzheimer Disease (AD) brains, a lipid–PEG–curcumin derivative was …

Effect of curcumin-associated and lipid ligand-functionalized nanoliposomes on aggregation of the Alzheimer's Aβ peptide

M Taylor, S Moore, S Mourtas, A Niarakis, F Re… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
The effect of various types of nanoliposomes (associated with curcumin, phosphatidic acid,
cardiolipin, or GM1 ganglioside) on the aggregation of the amyloid-β1-42 (Aβ1-42) peptide …

Development of a proteolytically stable retro-inverso peptide inhibitor of β-amyloid oligomerization as a potential novel treatment for Alzheimer's disease

M Taylor, S Moore, J Mayes, E Parkin, M Beeg… - Biochemistry, 2010 - ACS Publications
The formation of β-amyloid (Aβ) deposits in the brain is likely to be a seminal step in the
development of Alzheimer's disease. Recent studies support the hypothesis that Aβ soluble …

β-amyloid fibrils in Alzheimer disease are not inert when bound to copper ions but can degrade hydrogen peroxide and generate reactive oxygen species

J Mayes, C Tinker-Mill, O Kolosov, H Zhang… - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
According to the" amyloid cascade" hypothesis of Alzheimer disease, the formation of Aβ
fibrils and senile plaques in the brain initiates a cascade of events leading to the formation of …

NMR-driven identification of anti-amyloidogenic compounds in green and roasted coffee extracts

C Ciaramelli, A Palmioli, A De Luigi, L Colombo… - Food Chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
To identify food and beverages that provide the regular intake of natural compounds
capable of interfering with toxic amyloidogenic aggregates, we developed an experimental …

Organ distribution and bone tropism of cellulose nanocrystals in living mice

L Colombo, L Zoia, MB Violatto, S Previdi… - …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Their physicochemical properties and relatively low cost make cellulose nanocrystals
(CNCs) a potential candidate for future large-scale production in many fields including …

Alzheimer's Disease Prevention through Natural Compounds: Cell-Free, In Vitro, and In Vivo Dissection of Hop (Humulus lupulus L.) Multitarget Activity

A Palmioli, V Mazzoni, A De Luigi… - ACS Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The relevant social and economic costs associated with aging and neurodegenerative
diseases, particularly Alzheimer's disease (AD), entail considerable efforts to develop …

Amyloid-β-induced synapse damage is mediated via cross-linkage of cellular prion proteins

C Bate, A Williams - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2011 - ASBMB
The cellular prion protein (PrP C), which is highly expressed at synapses, was identified as a
receptor for the amyloid-β (Aβ) oligomers that are associated with dementia in Alzheimer …

The peculiar role of the A2V mutation in amyloid-β (Aβ) 1–42 molecular assembly

M Messa, L Colombo, E del Favero, L Cantù… - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
We recently reported a novel Aβ precursor protein mutation (A673V), corresponding to
position 2 of Aβ1–42 peptides (Aβ1–42 A2V), that caused an early onset AD-type dementia …