Search Results - "Raleigh, Daniel P"
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General amyloid inhibitors? A critical examination of the inhibition of IAPP amyloid formation by inositol stereoisomers
Published in PloS one (26-09-2014)“…Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP or amylin) forms amyloid deposits in the islets of Langerhans; a process that is believed to contribute to the progression of…”
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Analysis of the Inhibition and Remodeling of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Amyloid Fibers by Flavanols
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (03-04-2012)“…Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP, amylin) is responsible for amyloid formation in type 2 diabetes and in transplanted islets. The flavanol…”
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Linking Gas-Phase and Solution-Phase Protein Unfolding via Mobile Proton Simulations
Published in Analytical chemistry (Washington) (22-11-2022)“…Native mass spectrometry coupled to ion mobility (IM-MS) combined with collisional activation (CA) of ions in the gas phase (in vacuo) is an important method…”
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On the plasticity of amyloid formation: The impact of destabilizing small to large substitutions on islet amyloid polypeptide amyloid formation
Published in Protein science (01-02-2023)“…Amyloids are partially ordered, proteinaceous, β‐sheet rich deposits that have been implicated in a wide range of diseases. An even larger set of proteins that…”
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Histone H2B ubiquitylation disrupts local and higher-order chromatin compaction
Published in Nature chemical biology (01-02-2011)“…Ubiquitylated histone H2B (uH2B) is a known chromatin modification involved in transcription. Analysis of nucleosome arrays containing chemically synthesized…”
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Aggregation of islet amyloid polypeptide: from physical chemistry to cell biology
Published in Current opinion in structural biology (01-02-2013)“…[Display omitted] ► Islet amyloid contributes to type-2 diabetes and to islet transplant failure. ► IAPP is natively unfolded, but is one of the most…”
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Ion Mobility Spectrometry–Mass Spectrometry Defines the Oligomeric Intermediates in Amylin Amyloid Formation and the Mode of Action of Inhibitors
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (15-01-2014)“…The molecular mechanisms by which different proteins assemble into highly ordered fibrillar deposits and cause disease remain topics of debate. Human amylin…”
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Screening and classifying small-molecule inhibitors of amyloid formation using ion mobility spectrometry–mass spectrometry
Published in Nature chemistry (01-01-2015)“…The search for therapeutic agents that bind specifically to precursor protein conformations and inhibit amyloid assembly is an important challenge. Identifying…”
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Islet amyloid polypeptide toxicity and membrane interactions
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (26-11-2013)“…Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) is responsible for amyloid formation in type 2 diabetes and contributes to the failure of islet cell transplants, however the…”
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The Flavanol (−)-Epigallocatechin 3-Gallate Inhibits Amyloid Formation by Islet Amyloid Polypeptide, Disaggregates Amyloid Fibrils, and Protects Cultured Cells against IAPP-Induced Toxicity
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (21-09-2010)“…Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP, amylin) is the major protein component of the islet amyloid deposits associated with type 2 diabetes. The polypeptide lacks a…”
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Ionic Strength Effects on Amyloid Formation by Amylin Are a Complicated Interplay among Debye Screening, Ion Selectivity, and Hofmeister Effects
Published in Biochemistry (Easton) (30-10-2012)“…Amyloid formation plays a role in a wide range of human diseases. The rate and extent of amyloid formation depend on solution conditions, including pH and…”
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Mechanism of IAPP amyloid fibril formation involves an intermediate with a transient β-sheet
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (26-11-2013)“…Amyloid formation is implicated in more than 20 human diseases, yet the mechanism by which fibrils form is not well understood. We use 2D infrared spectroscopy…”
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Islet amyloid: From fundamental biophysics to mechanisms of cytotoxicity
Published in FEBS letters (17-04-2013)“…Pancreatic islet amyloid is a characteristic feature of type 2 diabetes. The major protein component of islet amyloid is the polypeptide hormone known as islet…”
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A Free Energy Barrier Caused by the Refolding of an Oligomeric Intermediate Controls the Lag Time of Amyloid Formation by hIAPP
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (22-11-2017)“…Transiently populated oligomers formed en route to amyloid fibrils may constitute the most toxic aggregates associated with many amyloid-associated diseases…”
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A role for helical intermediates in amyloid formation by natively unfolded polypeptides?
Published in Physical biology (10-02-2009)“…Amyloid formation and aberrant protein aggregation have been implicated in more than 15 different human diseases and an even wider range of proteins form…”
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Islet Amyloid Polypeptide: Structure, Function, and Pathophysiology
Published in Journal of diabetes research (01-01-2016)“…The hormone islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP, or amylin) plays a role in glucose homeostasis but aggregates to form islet amyloid in type-2 diabetes. Islet…”
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Two-Dimensional IR Spectroscopy and Isotope Labeling Defines the Pathway of Amyloid Formation with Residue-Specific Resolution
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (21-04-2009)“…There is considerable interest in uncovering the pathway of amyloid formation because the toxic properties of amyloid likely stems from prefibril intermediates…”
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Time-resolved studies define the nature of toxic IAPP intermediates, providing insight for anti-amyloidosis therapeutics
Published in eLife (23-05-2016)“…Islet amyloidosis by IAPP contributes to pancreatic β-cell death in diabetes, but the nature of toxic IAPP species remains elusive. Using concurrent…”
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Experiments and simulations show how long-range contacts can form in expanded unfolded proteins with negligible secondary structure
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (05-02-2013)“…The sizes of unfolded proteins under highly denaturing conditions scale as N ⁰.⁵⁹ with chain length. This suggests that denaturing conditions mimic good…”
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Defining the Molecular Basis of Amyloid Inhibitors: Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide–Insulin Interactions
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (17-09-2014)“…Human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP or Amylin) is a 37 residue hormone that is cosecreted with insulin from the pancreatic islets. The aggregation of hIAPP…”
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