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List of works by Giuseppe Pappalardo

A Metalloporphyrin-Peptide Conjugate as an Effective Inhibitor of Amyloid-β Peptide Fibrillation and Cytotoxicity

A peptide containing residues 26-44 of tau protein impairs mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation acting at the level of the adenine nucleotide translocator.

scientific article published on 6 August 2008

Ac-LPFFD-Th: A Trehalose-Conjugated Peptidomimetic as a Strong Suppressor of Amyloid-β Oligomer Formation and Cytotoxicity

scientific article published on 2 June 2016

Aggregation properties of the peptide fragments derived from the 17-29 region of the human and rat IAPP: a comparative study with two PEG-conjugated variants of the human sequence

scientific article published in January 2010

An NMR and molecular dynamics investigation of the avian prion hexarepeat conformational features in solution

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Antioxidant effect of copper(II) on photosensitized lipid peroxidation

scientific article published on 01 February 1995

Beta-amyloid monomers are neuroprotective.

scientific article published in August 2009

Copper complex species within a fragment of the N-terminal repeat region in opossum PrP protein

scientific article published on 31 January 2011

Copper(I) and copper(II) inhibit Aβ peptides proteolysis by insulin-degrading enzyme differently: implications for metallostasis alteration in Alzheimer's disease.

scientific article published on 27 January 2011

Copper(II) Interaction with Unstructured Prion Domain Outside the Octarepeat Region: Speciation, Stability, and Binding Details of Copper(II) Complexes with PrP106−126 Peptides

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

Copper(II) binding modes in the prion octapeptide PHGGGWGQ: a spectroscopic and voltammetric study

scientific article published on 01 November 2000

Copper(II) binding to two novel histidine-containing model hexapeptides: evidence for a metal ion driven turn conformation.

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Copper(II) complexes of peptide fragments of the prion protein. Conformation changes induced by copper(II) and the binding motif in C-terminal protein region

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Copper(II) complexes of rat amylin fragments.

scientific article published on 22 August 2011

Copper(II) complexes with chicken prion repeats: influence of proline and tyrosine residues on the coordination features.

scientific article published in August 2005

Copper(II) coordination properties of the integrin ligand sequence PHSRN and its new β-cyclodextrin conjugates

scientific article published on 18 April 2012

Copper(II) interaction with prion peptide fragments encompassing histidine residues within and outside the octarepeat domain: speciation, stability constants and binding details

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Copper(II) ions affect the gating dynamics of the 20S proteasome: a molecular and in cell study

scientific article published on 16 September 2016

Corrigendum: Ac-LPFFD-Th: A Trehalose-Conjugated Peptidomimetic as a Strong Suppressor of Amyloid-β Oligomer Formation and Cytotoxicity

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

Cross-talk between the octarepeat domain and the fifth binding site of prion protein driven by the interaction of copper(II) with the N-terminus

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Cyclodextrin polymers decorated with RGD peptide as delivery systems for targeted anti-cancer chemotherapy

scientific article published on 17 December 2018

Design and synthesis of new trehalose-conjugated pentapeptides as inhibitors of Abeta(1-42) fibrillogenesis and toxicity.

scientific article published in March 2009

Determination of the conformation of the human VDAC1 N-terminal peptide, a protein moiety essential for the functional properties of the pore

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Environmental Effects on a Prion's Helix II Domain: Copper(II) and Membrane Interactions with PrP180–193 and Its Analogues

Influence of the N-terminus acetylation of Semax, a synthetic analog of ACTH(4-10), on copper(II) and zinc(II) coordination and biological properties.

scientific article published on 27 August 2016

Interaction of copper(II) with the prion peptide fragment HuPrP(76-114) encompassing four histidyl residues within and outside the octarepeat domain.

scientific article published in May 2009

Ion mobility spectrometry combined with multivariate statistical analysis: revealing the effects of a drug candidate for Alzheimer's disease on Aβ1-40 peptide early assembly

scientific article published on 12 August 2019

Membrane interactions and conformational preferences of human and avian prion N-terminal tandem repeats: the role of copper(II) ions, pH, and membrane mimicking environments.

scientific article published on November 2010

Metal ions affect insulin-degrading enzyme activity.

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Mixed metal copper(II)-nickel(II) and copper(II)-zinc(II) complexes of multihistidine peptide fragments of human prion protein.

scientific article published on 28 February 2012

Molecular and cytotoxic properties of hIAPP17–29 and rIAPP17–29 fragments: A comparative study with the respective full-length parent polypeptides

scientific article published on 14 May 2014

Monomeric ß-amyloid interacts with type-1 insulin-like growth factor receptors to provide energy supply to neurons

scientific article published on 7 August 2015

Neuroprotective effects of the monoamine oxidase inhibitor tranylcypromine and its amide derivatives against Aβ(1-42)-induced toxicity.

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New Insight in Copper-Ion Binding to Human Islet Amyloid: The Contribution of Metal-Complex Speciation To Reveal the Polypeptide Toxicity

scientific article published on 5 August 2016

New comprehensive studies of a gold(III) Dithiocarbamate complex with proven anticancer properties: Aqueous dissolution with cyclodextrins, pharmacokinetics and upstream inhibition of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway.

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Nickel(II) complexes of the multihistidine peptide fragments of human prion protein.

scientific article published on 28 April 2010

Nitrogen oxide interaction with copper complexes formed by small peptides belonging to the prion protein octa-repeat region

scientific article published on 20 February 2007

On the Environmental Factors Affecting the Structural and Cytotoxic Properties of IAPP Peptides

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Preclinical evidence of enhanced analgesic activity of duloxetine complexed with succinyl-β-cyclodextrin: A comparative study with cyclodextrin complexes

scientific article published on 31 May 2019

Prion proteins leading to neurodegeneration.

scientific article published on December 2008

Probing the residual structure in avian prion hexarepeats by CD, NMR and MD techniques.

scientific article published on 16 September 2013

Repurposing of Copper(II)-chelating drugs for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

scientific article published on 17 May 2017

Semax, an ACTH4-10 peptide analog with high affinity for copper(II) ion and protective ability against metal induced cell toxicity.

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Studies of nitric oxide interaction with mono- and dinuclear copper(II) complexes of prion protein bis-octarepeat fragments

scientific article published on 17 June 2008

Surface immobilization of fibronectin-derived PHSRN peptide on functionalized polymer films--effects on fibroblast spreading.

scientific article published on 25 September 2009

The Metal Loading Ability of β-Amyloid N-Terminus: A Combined Potentiometric and Spectroscopic Study of Copper(II) Complexes with β-Amyloid(1−16), Its Short or Mutated Peptide Fragments, and Its Polyethylene Glycol (PEG)-ylated Analogue

scientific article published on 23 September 2008

The N-Terminal Peptides of the Three Human Isoforms of the Mitochondrial Voltage-Dependent Anion Channel Have Different Helical Propensities

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The ability of the NiSOD binding loop to chelate zinc(ii): the role of the terminal amino group in the enzymatic functions

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

The interaction of a peptide with a scrambled hydrophobic/hydrophilic sequence (Pro-Asp-Ala-Asp-Ala-His-Ala-His-Ala-His-Ala-Ala-Ala-His-Gly) (PADH) with DPPC model membranes: a DSC study

Transition metal complexes of terminally protected peptides containing histidyl residues

scientific article published on 25 April 2006

Unveiling the role of histidine and tyrosine residues on the conformation of the avian prion hexarepeat domain

scientific article published on 3 April 2008

Weak forces in the thermodynamic stereoselectivity of proton and copper(II) complexes with diastereoisomeric dipeptides containing aromatic side chains

Zn2+'s ability to alter the distribution of Cu2+ among the available binding sites of Aβ(1-16)-polyethylenglycol-ylated peptide: implications in Alzheimer's disease

scientific article published on 25 May 2011