| Literature DB >> 20730162 |
Ye-Ping Yu1, Peng Lei, Jia Hu, Wei-Hui Wu, Yu-Fen Zhao, Yan-Mei Li.
Abstract
Copper enhances amyloid cytotoxicity and mediates human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) oligomerization; nickel, a redox inactive metal with similar protein binding affinity to copper, also mimics this effect, thereby demonstrating copper-mediated hIAPP cytotoxicity is due mainly to granular oligomer generation rather than ROS accumulation in type 2 diabetes.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20730162 DOI: 10.1039/c0cc02141e
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Commun (Camb) ISSN: 1359-7345 Impact factor: 6.222