Browsing by Author "Islam, Zeyaul"
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Mechanisms of amyloid proteins aggregation and their inhibition by antibodies, small molecule inhibitors, nano-particles and nano-bodies
Parveen, Salahuddin; Khan, Rizwan Hasan; Furkan, Mohammad; Uversky, Vladimir N.; Islam, Zeyaul; Fatima, Munazza Tamkeen... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Protein misfolding and aggregation can be induced by a wide variety of factors, such as dominant disease-associated mutations, changes in the environmental conditions (pH, temperature, ionic strength, protein concentration, ... -
Novel engineered nanobodies specific for N-terminal region of alpha-synuclein recognize Lewy-body pathology and inhibit in-vitro seeded aggregation and toxicity.
Hmila, Issam; Vaikath, Nishant N; Majbour, Nour K; Erskine, Daniel; Sudhakaran, Indulekha P; Gupta, Vijay; Ghanem, Simona S; Islam, Zeyaul; Emara, Mohamed M; Abdesselem, Houari B; Kolatkar, Prasanna R; Achappa, Devaya K; Vinardell, Tatiana; El-Agnaf, Omar M A... more authors ... less authors ( FEBS PRESS , 2022 , Article)Nanobodies (Nbs), the single-domain antigen-binding fragments of dromedary heavy-chain antibodies (HCAb), are excellent candidates as therapeutic and diagnostic tools in synucleinopathies because of their small size, ... -
Pyridoxine non-responsive p.R336C mutation alters the molecular properties of cystathionine beta-synthase leading to severe homocystinuria phenotype
Al-Sadeq, Duaa W.; Thanassoulas, Angelos; Islam, Zeyaul; Kolatkar, Prasanna; Al-Dewik, Nader; Safieh-Garabedian, Bared; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.; Nomikos, Michail... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)The prevalence of homocystinuria in Qatar is 1:1800, mainly due to a founder missense mutation p.R336C. • The cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS) R336C mutant was bacterially expressed, purified and its molecular properties ... -
The role of amyloids in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases
Parveen, Salahuddin; Fatima, Munazza Tamkeen; Uversky, Vladimir N.; Khan, Rizwan Hasan; Islam, Zeyaul; Furkan, Mohammad... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)With varying clinical symptoms, most neurodegenerative diseases are associated with abnormal loss of neurons. They share the same common pathogenic mechanisms involving misfolding and aggregation, and these visible aggregates ...