Nicholas Andrikopoulos, Zhiyuan Song, Xulin Wan, Alon M Douek, Ibrahim Javed, Changkui Fu, Yanting Xing, Fangyun Xin, Yuhuan Li, Aleksandr Kakinen, Kairi Koppel, Ruirui Qiao, Andrew K Whittaker, Jan Kaslin, Thomas P Davis, Yang Song, Feng Ding, Pu Chun Ke
Amyloid aggregation is a ubiquitous form of protein misfolding underlying the pathologies of Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D), three primary forms of human amyloid diseases. While much has been learned about the origin, diagnosis and management of these neurological and metabolic disorders, no cure is currently available due in part to the dynamic and heterogeneous nature of the toxic oligomers induced by amyloid aggregation. Here we synthesized beta casein-coated iron oxide nanoparticles (βCas IONPs) via a BPA-P(OEGA-b-DBM) block copolymer linker...
August 24, 2021: Chemistry of Materials: a Publication of the American Chemical Society