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ArticleCarbohydrate research2015

Heparin nanoparticles for β amyloid binding and mitigation of β amyloid associated cytotoxicity.

Peng Wang, Hovig Kouyoumdjian, David C Zhu, Xuefei Huang

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Article in Carbohydrate research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Nanoparticles for Targeted Brain Drug Delivery: What Do We Know?International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peng WangDepartment of Chemistry, 578 S. Shaw Lane, Room 426, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Hovig KouyoumdjianDepartment of Chemistry, 578 S. Shaw Lane, Room 426, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
David C ZhuDepartment of Radiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Xuefei HuangDepartment of Chemistry, 578 S. Shaw Lane, Room 426, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. Electronic address: xuefei@chemistry.msu.edu.
Michigan State University · US

Funding

Homogeneous Heparan Sulfate Glycopeptides: Synthetic and Functional StudiesR01GM072667 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO · PI HUANG, XUEFEI · 2005 to 2024
$5.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM072667NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM72667
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accumulation of β amyloid (Aβ) in the brain is believed to play a key role in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease. Glycosaminoglycans on surface of neuronal cells can serve as nucleation sites to promote plaque formation on cell surface. To mimic this process, magnetic nanoparticles coated with heparin have been synthesized. The heparin nanoparticles were demonstrated to bind with Aβ through a variety of techniques including enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, gel electrophoresis, and thioflavin T assay. The nanoparticle exhibited little toxicity to neuronal cells and at the same time can effectively protect them from Aβ induced cytotoxicity. These results suggest that heparin nanoparticles can be a very useful tool for Aβ studies.

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Amyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsFerric CompoundsHeparinNanoparticlesNeuronsProtein BindingProtein MultimerizationProtein Structure, SecondaryAmyloid beta-PeptidesFerric Compoundsferric oxideHeparinAmyloid βBinding studyCytotoxicityHeparinNanoparticle

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PMID25498198
PMCPMC4314519
OpenAlexW1996720950

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