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SUBMITTER: Wang S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7182724 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Siqi S Li Chuanxi C Xia Yinqiang Y Chen Shaohuang S Robert Jordan J Banquy Xavier X Huang Renliang R Qi Wei W He Zhimin Z Su Rongxin R
iScience 20200410 5
Amyloid are protein aggregates formed by cross β structures assemblies. Inhibiting amyloid aggregation or facilitating its disassembly are considered to be two major effective therapeutic strategies in diseases involving peptide or protein fibrillation such Alzheimer's disease or diabetes. Using thioflavin-T fluorescence, far-UV circular dichroism spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy, we found nontoxic and biocompatible black phosphorus quantum dots (BPQDs) appear to have an exceptional cap ...[more]