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Lipid-Chaperone Hypothesis: A Common Molecular Mechanism of Membrane Disruption by Intrinsically Disordered Proteins by Sciacca, Michele F, Lolicato, Fabio, Tempra, Carmelo, Scollo, Federica, Sahoo, Bikash R, Watson, Matthew D, García-Viñuales, Sara, Milardi, Danilo, Raudino, Antonio, Lee, Jennifer C, Ramamoorthy, Ayyalusamy, La Rosa, Carmelo

“…An increasing number of human diseases has been shown to be linked to aggregation and amyloid formation by intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). Amylin,…”
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Amyloidogenic Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: New Insights into Their Self-Assembly and Their Interaction with Membranes by Scollo, Federica, La Rosa, Carmelo

“…Aβ, IAPP, α-synuclein, and prion proteins belong to the amyloidogenic intrinsically disordered proteins’ family; indeed, they lack well defined secondary and…”
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Sensitivity of endogenous autofluorescence in HeLa cells to the application of external magnetic fields by Uzhytchak, Mariia, Smolková, Barbora, Frtús, Adam, Stupakov, Alexandr, Lunova, Mariia, Scollo, Federica, Hof, Martin, Jurkiewicz, Piotr, Sullivan, Gareth John, Dejneka, Alexandr, Lunov, Oleg

“…Dramatically increased levels of electromagnetic radiation in the environment have raised concerns over the potential health hazards of electromagnetic fields…”
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What Does Time-Dependent Fluorescence Shift (TDFS) in Biomembranes (and Proteins) Report on? by Scollo, Federica, Evci, Hüseyin, Amaro, Mariana, Jurkiewicz, Piotr, Sykora, Jan, Hof, Martin

“…The organization of biomolecules and bioassemblies is highly governed by the nature and extent of their interactions with water. These interactions are of high…”
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Can calmodulin bind to lipids of the cytosolic leaflet of plasma membranes? by Scollo, Federica, Tempra, Carmelo, Evci, Hüseyin, Riopedre-Fernandez, Miguel, Olżyńska, Agnieszka, Javanainen, Matti, Uday, Arunima, Cebecauer, Marek, Cwiklik, Lukasz, Martinez-Seara, Hector, Jungwirth, Pavel, Jurkiewicz, Piotr, Hof, Martin

“…Calmodulin (CaM) is a ubiquitous calcium-sensitive messenger in eukaryotic cells. It was previously shown that CaM possesses an affinity for diverse lipid…”
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Amyloid growth and membrane damage: Current themes and emerging perspectives from theory and experiments on Aβ and hIAPP by Sciacca, Michele F.M., Tempra, Carmelo, Scollo, Federica, Milardi, Danilo, La Rosa, Carmelo

“…Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are two incurable diseases both hallmarked by an abnormal deposition of the amyloidogenic peptides…”
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A unifying framework for amyloid-mediated membrane damage: The lipid-chaperone hypothesis by Tempra, Carmelo, Scollo, Federica, Pannuzzo, Martina, Lolicato, Fabio, La Rosa, Carmelo

“…Over the past thirty years, researchers have highlighted the role played by a class of proteins or polypeptides that forms pathogenic amyloid aggregates in…”
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Calmodulin interactions with model lipid membranes: the interplay of Ca2+and lipid composition by Scollo, Federica, Tempra, Carmelo, Evci, Hüseyin, Jungwirth, Pavel, Hof, Martin, Martinez-Seara, Hector, Jurkiewicz, Piotr

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Phospholipids Critical Micellar Concentrations Trigger Different Mechanisms of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Interaction with Model Membranes by Scollo, Federica, Tempra, Carmelo, Lolicato, Fabio, Sciacca, Michele F. M, Raudino, Antonio, Milardi, Danilo, La Rosa, Carmelo

“…Amyloidogenic proteins are involved in many diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and type II diabetes. These proteins are thought to be toxic for…”
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Cholesterol promotes clustering of PI(4,5)P2 driving unconventional secretion of FGF2 by Lolicato, Fabio, Saleppico, Roberto, Griffo, Alessandra, Meyer, Annalena, Scollo, Federica, Pokrandt, Bianca, Müller, Hans-Michael, Ewers, Helge, Hähl, Hendrik, Fleury, Jean-Baptiste, Seemann, Ralf, Hof, Martin, Brügger, Britta, Jacobs, Karin, Vattulainen, Ilpo, Nickel, Walter

“…FGF2 is a cell survival factor involved in tumor-induced angiogenesis that is secreted through an unconventional secretory pathway based upon direct protein…”
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Can calmodulin bind to lipids of the cytosolic leaflet of plasma membranes? by Scollo, Federica, Tempra, Carmelo, Evci, Hüseyin, Riopedre-Fernandez, Miguel, Olżyńska, Agnieszka, Javanainen, Matti, Uday, Arunima, Cebecauer, Marek, Cwiklik, Lukasz, Martinez-Seara, Hector, Jungwirth, Pavel, Jurkiewicz, Piotr, Hof, Martin

“…Calmodulin (CaM) is a ubiquitous calcium-sensitive messenger in eukaryotic cells. It was previously shown that CaM possesses an affinity for diverse lipid…”
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Ultrasensitive Detection and Wide Dynamic Range Pyrene Quantification Based on Luminescence Restoration of β‑Cyclodextrin-Functionalized Silicon Nanowires by Chiechio, Regina Maria, Leonardi, Antonio Alessio, Puntoriero, Fausto, Picca, Rosaria Anna, Irrera, Alessia, Scollo, Federica, Reitano, Riccardo, Contino, Annalinda, Priolo, Francesco, Maccarrone, Giuseppe, Musumeci, Paolo

“…This study presents a breakthrough in the detection of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), particularly pyrene, recognized as persistent organic…”
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New fluorescent-labelled nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization and interactions with cysteine and homocysteine to evaluate their stability in aqueous solution by Scollo, Federica, Seggio, Mimimorena, Torrisi, Rosa Lucia, Bua, Rosaria Ornella, Zimbone, Massimo, Contino, Annalinda, Maccarrone, Giuseppe

“…Fluorescent-labelled nanoparticles conjugate the SPR of nanomaterials as well as the fluorescence properties of the capping dye. In this work, we report a…”
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A unifying framework for amyloid-mediated membrane damage: The lipid-chaperon hypothesis by Tempra, Carmelo, Scollo, Federica, Pannuzzo, Martina, Lolicato, Fabio, La Rosa, Carmelo

“…Over the past thirty years, researchers have highlighted the role played by a class of proteins or polypeptides that forms pathogenic amyloid aggregates in…”
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