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ArticleFrontiers in molecular biosciences2019

Novel Mannitol-Based Small Molecules for Inhibiting Aggregation of α-Synuclein Amyloids in Parkinson's Disease.

Ashim Paul, Bo-Dou Zhang, Satabdee Mohapatra, Gao Li, Yan-Mei Li, Ehud Gazit, Daniel Segal

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Article in Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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7 authors.

Ashim PaulSchool of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Bo-Dou ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Satabdee MohapatraSchool of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Gao LiDepartment of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Yan-Mei LiDepartment of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Ehud GazitSchool of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Daniel SegalSchool of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aggregation of the amyloidogenic protein α-synuclein (α-Syn) into toxic oligomers and mature fibrils is the major pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD). Small molecules that inhibit α-Syn aggregation thus may be useful therapeutics for PD. Mannitol and naphthoquinone-tryptophan (NQTrp) have been shown in the past to inhibit α-Syn aggregation by different mechanisms. Herein, we tested whether the conjugation of Mannitol and NQTrp may result in enhance efficacy toward α-Syn. The molecules were conjugated either by a click linker or via a PEG linker. The effect of the conjugate molecules on α-Syn aggregation

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aggregationinhibitormannitolNQTrpParkinson's diseaseα-synuclein

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PMCPMC6438916

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