Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Plasmonic nanoparticle amyloid corona for screening Aβ oligomeric aggregate-degrading drugs

  • Dongtak Lee,
  • Dongsung Park,
  • Insu Kim,
  • Sang Won Lee,
  • Wonseok Lee,
  • Kyo Seon Hwang,
  • Jeong Hoon Lee,
  • Gyudo Lee,
  • Dae Sung Yoon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20611-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Effective screening of drugs to treat amyloid oligomeric aggregates associated with Alzheimer’s is needed for drug development. Here the authors report on the creation of an amyloid corona around a plasmonic nanoparticle to monitor amyloid degradation when exposed to potential drugs and demonstrate application.