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Elsevier, Biomaterials, 18(33), p. 4443-4450, 2012

DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.03.024

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Effect of surface-functionalized nanoparticles on the elongation phase of beta-amyloid (1-40) fibrillogenesis

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Abstract

The influence of nanoparticles of various sizes and surface functionalities on the self-assembling fibrillogenesis of beta-amyloid (1-40) peptide was investigated. Functionalized nanoparticles including quantum dots and gold nanoparticles were co-incubated with monomeric Aβ(1-40) peptides under seed-mediated growth method to study their influences on the elongation phase of the fibrillogenesis. It is observed that charge-to-surface area ratio of the nanoparticles and the functional moiety and electrostatic charges of the conjugated ligands on the particle surfaces took crucial regulatory role in the Aβ(1-40) fibrillogenesis.