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SUBMITTER: Huo G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9049296 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huo Gengyang G Chen Wenyong W Wang Jianhua J Chu Xinxing X Xu Wei W Li Bin B Zhang Yi Y Xu Binqian B Zhou Xingfei X
RSC advances 20200204 10
Copper ions play a critical role in human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) aggregation, which has been found in more than 90% of patients with type-2 diabetes (T2D). The role of Cu(ii) in the cell cytotoxicity with hIAPP has been explored in two aspects: inhibiting the formation of fibrillar structures and stimulating the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). In this work, we carried out spectroscopic studies of Cu(ii) interacting with several hIAPP fragments and their variants as well. ...[more]