Squalamine and trodusquemine: two natural products for neurodegenerative diseases, from physical chemistry to the clinic

Abstract

The natural products squalamine and trodusquemine are promising potential therapeutics against Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other neurodegenerative diseases for their ability to modulate protein aggregation processes and target protein misfolded oligomers that are toxic to neurons.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2022
Source ID
10.1039/d1np00042j

Entities

People

  • Denise Barbut
  • Fabrizio Chiti
  • Michael Zasloff
  • Michele Vendruscolo
  • Ryan Limbocker
  • Silvia Errico
  • Tuomas Knowles

Organizations

  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency
  • Frances and Augustus Newman Foundation
  • Georgetown University
  • United States Army Research Laboratory
  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Florence
  • Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Chemistry

Readers

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  • Systems Analysis and Design
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