Interaction between amyloid beta peptide and an aggregation blocker peptide mimicking islet amyloid polypeptide.

Assembly of amyloid-beta peptide (Aβ) into cytotoxic oligomeric and fibrillar aggregates is believed to be a major pathologic event in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and interfering with Aβ aggregation is an important strategy in the development of novel therapeutic approaches. Prior studies have sho...

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Main Authors: Nasrollah Rezaei-Ghaleh, Erika Andreetto, Li-Mei Yan, Aphrodite Kapurniotu, Markus Zweckstetter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3102090?pdf=render